Current Edition: DDbDP 681 (P.Cair. Zen. 1 59021); TM 681

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Title Letter from Demetrios to Apollonios
Publications P.Cair. Zen. 1 59021
More in series P.Cair. Zen.
More in series P.Cair. Zen., vol. 1
SB III 6711
Sel. Pap. II 409
Support/Dimensions Papyrus
Post-Concordance BL Entries BL-online; II 2 124; VIII 77; X 36; XIII 59
Translations Austin, Hellenistic World (1981), Nr. 238; Lewis, Greeks in Ptolemaic Egypt (1986), S. 15 (Auszug); Meijer & van Nijf, Trade, Transport and Society (1992), S. 65f.; Bagnall & Derow, The Hellenistic Period (2004), Nr. 102.; Austin, Hellenistic World (2006), Nr. 299; Orrieux, Les papyrus de Zenon (1983), S. 28, S. 32-33
Origin Alexandria
More from Alexandria
Material Papyrus
Date 23. Okt. 258 v.Chr.
More from the period between 258 BCE and 257 BCE
Commentary Vgl. ZPE 197, 2016, S. 179-190.
Print Illustrations Pl. VII
Subjects Brief (amtlich); Demetrios an Apollonios; Münze; Prägung; Gold; Anordnung
Images http://ipap.csad.ox.ac.uk/4DLink4/4DACTION/IPAPwebquery?vPub...
License Creative Commons License © Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

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Publications P. Cairo Zen. 1 59021 (Edgar, Campbell C.) 1925, SB 3 6711 (Bilabel, Friedrich) 1926, Sel. Pap. 2 409 (Hunt, Arthur S. / Edgar, Campbell C.) 1934, Annales du Service des antiquités de l'Égypte (ASAE) 18 (1918), p. 167 (Zenon 5) (Edgar, Campbell C.) 1918, ZPE 197 (2016), p. 179-190 (Panagopoulou, Katerina) 2016, Austin, The Hellenistic world (2nd ed.) 299 (Austin, Michel M.) 2006, Lewis, Greeks in Ptolemaic Egypt p. 15 (Lewis, Naphtali) 1986, Meijer / van Nijf, Trade, transport and society 90 (Meijer, Fik J. A. M. / van Nijf, Onno M.) 1992, Bagnall / Derow, The Hellenistic period 102 (Bagnall, Roger S. / Derow, Peter S.) 2004, Orrieux, Les papyrus de Zénon p. 28; p. 32-33 (Orrieux, Claude) 1983, Kehoe e.a., Law and transaction costs in the ancient economy p. 118-144 (Bresson, Alain) 2015, Bertrand, L'Hellénisme 323-31 av. J.-C. Rois, cités et peuples p. 169-170 no. 1 (Bertrand, Jean-Marie) 1992, Tyche 7 (1992), p. 178-179 (Richter, Heinz-Dietmar) 1992
Inv. No. Cairo, Egyptian Museum CG 59021
Date BC 258 Oct 23
Provenance Arsinoites (Fayum) [destination]; Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza) [found]; Alexandria [written]

APIS: oxford-ipap.apis.504xml

Title Letter from Demetrios to Apollonios
Summary Demetrios, who was probably head of the Alexandrian mint, informs Apollonios that following his instructions he has received a certain quantity of gold and converted it into new coin. The gold was brought to him from abroad in accordance with a decree.
Citations P.Cair.Zen. 1 59021
P.Cair.Zen.:1:59021
Inv. Id JE48470
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; 30.5 x 33
Origin Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)
More from Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)
Date About 24th October, 258 B.C.
More from the period between 258 BCE and 257 BCE
Note (general) Special Register: SR0343
Note (local/note) CG59021
Subjects Documentary; Papyri
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

DDbDP 681 (P.Cair. Zen. 1 59021) xml

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1Ἀπολ[λων]ίωι χαίρειν Δημήτριος.
2καλῶς ἔχει εἰ αὐτός τε ἔρρωσαι καὶ
3τἆλλα σοι κατὰ γνώμην ἐστίν.
4καὶ ἐγὼ δὲ καθάπ̣ε̣ρ̣ μ̣ο̣ι ἔγραψας
5προσέχειν ποιῶ αὐτὸ καὶ δέδεγμαι
6ἐκ χρ(υσίου) μ(υριάδας) ε Ζ καὶ κατεργασάμενος
7ἀπέδωκα. ἐδεξάμεθα δʼ ἂν καὶ
8πολλαπλάσιο̣ν, ἀλλὰ καθά σοι καὶ
9πρότερον ἔγραψα ὅτι οἵ τε ξένοι
10οἱ εἰσπλέοντες καὶ οἱ ἔμποροι καὶ οἱ
11ἐγδοχεῖς̣ κ̣αὶ ἄλλοι φέρουσιν τό τε
12ἐπιχώριο[ν] νόμισμα τὸ ἀκριβὲς καὶ
13τὰ τρίχρυσα, ἵνα καινὸν αὐτοῖς γέ-
14νηται, κατὰ τὸ πρόσταγμα ὃ κε-
15λεύει ἡμᾶ̣ς̣ λαμβ̣ά̣ν̣ειν κ̣α̣ὶ̣ κ[ατερ-]
16γάζε̣σ̣[θα]ι̣, Φιλαρέτου μ̣ε ο̣ὐ̣κ̣ ἐ̣-
17ῶντος δέχεσθαι, οὐκ ἔχον[τ]ε̣ς̣ ἐ̣[πὶ]
18τί̣ν̣α τὴν ἀναφο̣ρ̣ὰ̣ν̣ ποιησώ[με]θ̣α̣
19π̣ερὶ τούτων, ἀνα̣γ̣κ̣α̣ζ̣[όμεθ]ά̣ τ[ε]
20[τ]α̣ῦ̣τα μὴ δέχεσθαι, οἱ δὲ ἄ̣ν̣-
21θ̣[ρω]ποι ἀγανακ̣τοῦσιν οὔ[τε] ἐπ̣[ὶ]
22τραπεζῶν οὔτε εἰς τὰ τ[ά]λ̣[αν-]
23τα̣ ἡμῶν δεχομ[ένω]ν̣ ο̣ὔ̣τε̣ δ̣υνά-
24μενοι εἰς τὴν χώ̣ραν ἀποστέλλειν
25ἐπὶ τὰ φορτία, ἀλ̣λὰ ἀργὸν φάσκουσ̣ι̣ν̣
26ἔχειν τὸ χρυσίον καὶ βλάπτεσθαι οὐ-

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27κ ὀλίγα ἔξοθεν μεταπεπεμμένοι
28 καὶ οὐδʼ ἄλλοις ἔχοντες ἐλάσσονος τιμῆς διαθέσθαι εὐχερῶς.
29καὶ οἱ κατὰ πόλιν δὲ πάντες τῶι ἀπο-
30τετριμμένωι χρυσίωι δυσχερῶς χρῶνται.
31οὐδ̣εὶς γὰρ τούτων ἔχει οὗ τὴν ἀναφο-
32ρὰν ποιησάμενος καὶ προσθείς τι κο-
33μιεῖται ἢ καλὸν χρυσίον ἢ ἀργύριον
34ἀντʼ αὐτοῦ. νῦν μὲν γὰρ τούτων τοι-
35ο̣ύ̣των ὄντων ὁρῶ καὶ τὰς τοῦ βασι-
36λέως προσόδους βλαπτομένας οὐ-
37κ ὀλίγα. γέγραφα οὖν σοι ταῦτα ἵ-
38να εἰδῆις καὶ ἐάν σοι φαίνηται ⟦ἢ⟧ τῶι
39βασιλεῖ γράψηις περὶ τούτων \καὶ/ ⟦.⟧ ἐμοὶ
40ἐπὶ τίνα τὴν ἀναφορὰν περὶ τούτων
41ποιῶμαι. συμφέρειν γὰρ ὑπολαμβάνω
42ἐ̣ὰ̣[ν] καὶ ἐκ τῆς ἔξοθεν χώρας χρυσίον
43ὅτ̣ι̣ πλεῖστον εἰσάγηται καὶ τὸ νό-
44μ̣ι̣σ̣μα τ̣[ὸ] τ̣[ο]ῦ̣ [β]ασιλέως καλὸν καὶ
45καινὸν ἦι διὰ παντός, ἀνηλώματ[ος]
46μηθενὸς γινομένου αὐτῶι. περὶ μὲν
47γ̣ά̣ρ̣ τινων ὡς ἡμῖν χρῶνται οὐ καλῶς
48ε̣ἶ̣χ̣εν γράφειν̣, ἀ̣λ̣λ̣ʼ ὡ̣ς̣ ἂ̣ν̣ παραγένηι ἀ-
49κ̣ο̣ύ̣σ̣ε̣ι̣[ς ⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] γ̣ρ̣ά̣-
50ψον μοι περὶ τούτων ἵνα οὕτω ποιῶ.
51ἔρρωσο.
52(ἔτους) κη, Γ̣ο̣ρ̣πιαίου ιε.

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53Δημητρίου. Ἀ̣πολλωνίωι.

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