Circular letter from Apollonios to the financial officialsApolloniosAPISberkeley.apis.467(CU)467p.tebt.1.350206;1;35p.tebt;1;357876978769P.Tebt.0035Apollonios informs the financial officials of the division of Polemon about the newly fixed prices for myrrh (a royal monopoly).In red ink in top margin: 35.Sixth year of Ptolemy IX Soter II, 2nd of the Egyptian month Pharmouthi.1662Bancroft Library, Univ. of Calif., BerkeleyGreek1 papyrus ; 31.2 x 19.5 cm.19 lines, on recto along the fibers.Verso empty
Regular cursive.
19 Apr. 111 B.C.
Crocodile cartonnage at Tebtunis 27.6
APIS keywords are controlled locally at the institution level. They are not necessarily consistent.EnglishGreekRoyal monopoliesMyrrh taxPublic officialsPolemonos merisBusiness letters, Ptolemaic periodRectoVerso
Apollonios to the epistatai in the division of Polemon and the other officials, greeting. For the myrrh distributed in the villages no one shall exact more than 40 drachmas of silver for a mina-weight, or in copper 3 talents 2000 drachmas, and for carriage 200 drachmas on the talent; which sum shall be paid not later than Pharmouthi 3 to the collector sent for this purpose. Let the following proclamation be published with the concurrence of the komogrammateus, who shall append his signature to the edict together with yours. Any one disobeying these orders will render himself liable to accusation. We have therefore also sent the sword-bearers. Good-bye. The 6th year, Pharmouthi 2. Purchasers of myrrh from the epistatai of the various villages shall not pay more that 40 drachmas of silver for the mina-weight, or in copper 3 talents 2000 drachmas, and for carriage 200 drachmas on the talent; any one disobeying these orders will render himself liable to accusation.