Official letter from Mousaios: to MenchesMousaios, of KerkeosirisAPISberkeley.apis.409(CU)409p.tebt.1.550206;1;55p.tebt;1;5536913691P.Tebt.0055Mousaios writes to his 'brother' Menches, probably the village scribe of Kerkeosiris, Egypt, about various grains.Verso publishedMargins: top, 2.8 cm.; left, 2.5 cm.; right, 1.7 cm.; bottom, 2.8 cm.; in right top margin, in red ink "55"Menches archiveThe letter has been folded vertically from right to left.1568Bancroft Library, Univ. of Calif., BerkeleyGreek1 papyrus ; 20.8 x 13.6 cm.11 lines, on recto along the fibers.On verso, across the fibers, address.
Regular cursive.
Between 120 and 110 B.C.Menches
Crocodile cartonnage at Tebtunis 23.16
APIS keywords are controlled locally at the institution level. They are not necessarily consistent.EnglishGreekGrainTravelTebtunisKerkeosirisBusiness letters, Ptolemaic periodUC 1568 Recto.UC 1568 Verso.
Mousaios to his brother Menches, greeting and good health. Since I have decided to travel to Tebtunis on the 8th, I have determined to write to you. Your agent has brought to me one artaba of ami. You will therefore confer a favor on me by sending me two artabas of lentils and two artabas of fenugreek. For the rest take care of yourself, so as to keep in good health. Good-bye. (Addressed on the verso) To Menches.
P.Tebt., I.55. Witkowski, S. Epistulae privatae, no. 53.P.Tebt.:1:55