Recommendation letter Diogenes APIS oslo.apis.17 (NoOU)17 p.oslo.2.55 0177;2;55 p.oslo;2;55 28903 28903 P.Oslo inv. 580 Letter from Diogenes to his brother Pythagoras, recommending Theon, a close friend. Pub. status: Recto; address on Verso Greek 1 papyrus ; 9 x 10.5 cm. The papyrus was bought with the date beneath the text cut off. L Amundsen's remark: "Of this letter I saw the lower half, containing the valediction and date (by emperor's year, month, days) on the recto, and prob. end of address on the verso, in the hands of Ali Mahmud; the price he asked for the box of fragments in which this was placed, was too high." Recto: 14;Verso: 1 Source of description: Recto; address on Verso IInd or IIIrd century A.D. Unknown place, province of Egypt Diogenes Pythagoras, bouleutes Theon

Probably Oxyrhynchos, Oxyrhynchite nome, province of Egypt

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Diogenes to his brother Pythagoras greeting. Know that Theon, the extraordinary person who is handing you this letter, is a close friend of mine and has a brotherly relation to me. You would do well, dear brother, to receive him as you would me. Prepare a room as well as you can and let him have it, so that he can bear witness to me about your disposition. ;Verso:;To Pythagoras, councillor.

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