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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 ; 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.; 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.

Trismegistos: 681 [source]

Publications P. Cairo Zen. 1 59021 (Edgar, Campbell Cowan; 1925) = SB 3 6711 (Bilabel, Friedrich; 1926) = Sel. Pap. 2 409 (Hunt, Arthur S.; 1934) = Annales du Service des antiquités de l‘Égypte (ASAE) 18 (1918), p. 167 (Zenon 5) (Edgar, Campbell Cowan; 1918) = ZPE 197 (2016), p. 179-190 (Panagopoulou, Katerina; 2016) = Austin, The Hellenistic world 238 (Austin, Michel Mervyn; 1981) = Lewis, Greeks in Ptolemaic Egypt p. 15 (Lewis, Naphtali; 1986) = Meijer / van Nijf, Trade, transport and society p. 65- (Meijer; 1992) = Bagnall / Derow, The Hellenistic period 102 (Bagnall, Roger S.; 2004) = Orrieux, Les papyrus de Zénon p. 28; p. 32-33 (Orrieux, Claude; 1983)
Inv. no. Cairo, Egyptian Museum CG 59021
Date BC 258 Oct 23 (P02, year 28, Gorpiaios 15)
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, 00 - Arsinoites (Fayum)[destination]; Egypt, 00a - Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza)[found]; Egypt, L00 - Alexandria[written]
Archive Zenon son of Agreophon
People mentioned people
Places mentioned places

Catalog Record: oxford-ipap.apis.504 [xml]

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 transcription: p.cair.zen.1.59021 [xml]

258 BC Phil<Alexandria
[Reprinted from: sb.3.6711] SB3,6711;PEdg5

r,1
Ἀπολ[λων]ίωι χαίρειν Δημήτριος.
καλῶς ἔχει εἰ αὐτός τε ἔρρωσαι καὶ
τἆλλα(*) σοι κατὰ γνώμην ἐστίν.
καὶ ἐγὼ δὲ καθάπ̣ε̣ρ̣ μ̣ο̣ι ἔγραψας
5προσέχειν ποιῶ αὐτὸ καὶ δέδεγμαι
ἐκ χρ(υσίου) μ(υριάδας) ε Ζ καὶ κατεργασάμενος
ἀπέδωκα. ἐδεξάμεθα δʼ ἂν καὶ
πολλαπλάσιο̣ν(*), ἀλλὰ καθά σοι καὶ
πρότερον ἔγραψα ὅτι οἵ τε ξένοι
10οἱ εἰσπλέοντες καὶ οἱ ἔμποροι καὶ οἱ
ἐγδοχεῖς̣ κ̣αὶ ἄλλοι φέρουσιν τό τε
ἐπιχώριο[ν] νόμισμα τὸ ἀκριβὲς καὶ
τὰ τρίχρυσα, ἵνα καινὸν αὐτοῖς γέ-
νηται, κατὰ τὸ πρόσταγμα ὃ κε-
15λεύει ἡμᾶ̣ς̣ λαμβ̣ά̣ν̣ειν κ̣α̣ὶ̣ κ[ατερ-]
γάζε̣σ̣[θα]ι̣, Φιλαρέτου(*) μ̣ε ο̣ὐ̣κ̣ ἐ̣-
ῶντος δέχεσθαι, οὐκ ἔχον[τ]ε̣ς̣ ἐ̣[πὶ]
τί̣ν̣α τὴν ἀναφο̣ρ̣ὰ̣ν̣ ποιησώ[με]θ̣α̣
π̣ερὶ τούτων, ἀνα̣γ̣κ̣α̣ζ̣[όμεθ]ά̣ τ[ε]
20[τ]α̣ῦ̣τα(*) μὴ δέχεσθαι, οἱ δὲ ἄ̣ν̣-
θ̣[ρω]ποι ἀγανακ̣τοῦσιν οὔ[τε] ἐπ̣[ὶ]
τραπεζῶν οὔτε εἰς τὰ τ[ά]λ̣[αν-]
τα̣ ἡμῶν δεχομ[ένω]ν̣ ο̣ὔ̣τε̣ δ̣υνά-
μενοι εἰς τὴν χώ̣ραν ἀποστέλλειν
25ἐπὶ τὰ φορτία, ἀλ̣λὰ ἀργὸν φάσκουσ̣ι̣ν̣
ἔχειν τὸ χρυσίον καὶ βλάπτεσθαι οὐ- r,2
κ ὀλίγα ἔξοθεν μεταπεπεμμένοι
καὶ οὐδʼ ἄλλοις ἔχοντες ἐλάσσονος τιμῆς διαθέσθαι εὐχερῶς.
καὶ οἱ κατὰ πόλιν δὲ πάντες τῶι ἀπο-
30τετριμμένωι χρυσίωι δυσχερῶς χρῶνται.
οὐδ̣εὶς γὰρ τούτων ἔχει οὗ τὴν ἀναφο-
ρὰν ποιησάμενος καὶ προσθείς τι κο-
μιεῖται ἢ καλὸν χρυσίον ἢ ἀργύριον
ἀντʼ αὐτοῦ. νῦν μὲν γὰρ τούτων τοι-
35ο̣ύ̣των ὄντων ὁρῶ καὶ τὰς τοῦ βασι-
λέως προσόδους βλαπτομένας οὐ-
κ ὀλίγα. γέγραφα οὖν σοι ταῦτα ἵ-
να εἰδῆις καὶ ἐάν σοι φαίνηται ⟦ἢ⟧ τῶι
βασιλεῖ γράψηις(*) περὶ τούτων \καὶ/ ⟦  ̣⟧ ἐμοὶ
40ἐπὶ τίνα τὴν ἀναφορὰν περὶ τούτων
ποιῶμαι. συμφέρειν γὰρ ὑπολαμβάνω
ἐ̣ὰ̣[ν] καὶ ἐκ τῆς ἔξοθεν χώρας χρυσίον
ὅτ̣ι̣ πλεῖστον εἰσάγηται καὶ τὸ νό-
μ̣ι̣σ̣μα τ̣[ὸ] τ̣[ο]ῦ̣ [β]ασιλέως καλὸν καὶ
45καινὸν ἦι διὰ παντός, ἀνηλώματ[ος]
μηθενὸς γινομένου αὐτῶι. περὶ μὲν
γ̣ά̣ρ̣ τινων ὡς ἡμῖν χρῶνται οὐ καλῶς
ε̣ἶ̣χ̣εν γράφειν̣, ἀ̣λ̣λ̣ʼ ὡ̣ς̣ ἂ̣ν̣ παραγένηι ἀ-
κ̣ο̣ύ̣σ̣ε̣ι̣[ς ⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] γ̣ρ̣ά̣-
50ψον μοι περὶ τούτων ἵνα οὕτω ποιῶ.
ἔρρωσο.
(ἔτους) κη, Γ̣ο̣ρ̣πιαίου ιε. v
Δημητρίου. Ἀ̣πολλωνίωι.

Apparatus


^ r,1.3. l. τὰ ἄλλα
^ r,1.8. corr. ex πολλαπλασιαν
^ r,1.16. φιάλα̣ς̣ τοῦδ̣έ̣ prev. ed.
^ r,1.20. [τ]α̣ύ̣τας̣ prev. ed.
^ r,2.39. corr. ex γραψεισ

Editorial History; All History; (detailed)

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