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Title Letter from Artemidoros to Zenon
Publications P.Cair. Zen. 2 59251
More in series P.Cair. Zen.More in series P.Cair. Zen., vol. 2
SB III 6748
Sel. Pap. I 93
C.Zen.Palestine 32
Support/Dimensions Papyrus
Post-Concordance BL Entries ; IX 52; XI 55; XIII 60
Translations Schubart, Ein Jahrtausend am Nil (1923) 13.; White, Ancient Letters (1986), 24; Bagnall & Derow, The Hellenistic Period (2004), Nr. 24.; Orrieux, Les papyrus de Zenon (1983), S. 49-50; Burnet, L'Égypte ancienne (2003), Nr. 1
Origin Syrien
More from Syrien
Material Papyrus
Date 14. Apr. 252 v.Chr.
More from the period between 252 BCE and 251 BCE
Mentioned Dates
  • Z. 1:28. Apr. 252 v.Chr.
Print Illustrations Pl. XXI (Rekto); Seider, Paläographie III, 1, II Abb. 52, S. 247 und II Abb. 52 a, S. 246
Subjects Brief; Artemidoros an Zenon; Bericht; Reise; Anweisungen; Kauf; Ernte
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: 896 [source]

Publications P. Cairo Zen. 2 59251 (Edgar, Campbell Cowan; 1926) = SB 3 6748 (Bilabel, Friedrich; 1926) = Sel. Pap. 1 93 (Hunt, Arthur S.; 1932) = Durand, Des Grecs en Palestine 32 (Durand, Xavier; 1997) = White, Light from ancient letters 24 (White, John Lee; 1986) = Annales du Service des antiquités de l‘Égypte (ASAE) 19 (1919), p. 91 (Zenon 42) (Edgar, Campbell Cowan; 1919)
Inv. no. Cairo, Egyptian Museum CG 59251
Date BC 252 Apr 14 (P02, year 33, Peritios Embolimos 06)
Language Greek
Provenance Lebanon, Phoenicia - Sidon (Saida)[written]; Egypt, 00a - Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza)[find place & destination]
Archive Zenon son of Agreophon
People mentioned people
Places mentioned places

Catalog Record: oxford-ipap.apis.733 [xml]

Title Letter from Artemidoros to Zenon
Summary Artemidoros the physician writes that he and Apollonios are both well and that they are now returning to Sidon after having escorted the queen as for as the frontier. He expects to be in Philadelphia very soon and asks Zenon to do various things for him; to buy some honey and barley, to look after his house and see that it is roofed over, to keep an eye on his cattle, pigs, geese and other farm stock and to attend to the harvesting of his crops. [The first few lines of the letter refer to the wedding of the princess Berenike. She had been accompanied by her father as far as Pelusium, where the king took leave of her and entrusted her to the care of Apollonios. At the frontier line between Syria and the Syrian province of Egypt she was met by Antiochos or his ambassadors and the Egyptian mission returned to Sidon and thence to Egypt. Apollonios, to whom the king had apparently paid the high compliment of choosing him to act as his representative on this historic occasion, took with him as usual his private physician Artemidoros.]
Citations P.Cair.Zen. 2 59251
P.Cair.Zen.:2:59251
Inv. Id JE48699
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; 13 x 32.5
Origin Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)
More from Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)
Date About 13th April, 252 B.C.
More from the period between 252 BCE and 251 BCE
Note (general) Special Register: SR0674
Note (local/note) CG59251
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.2.59251 [xml]

252 BC Philadelphia
[Reprinted from: sb.3.6748] SB3,6748;PEdg42

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Ἀρτεμίδωρος Ζήνωνι χαίρειν. εἰ ἔρρωσαι, εὖ ἂν ἔχοι· ἔρρωμαι δὲ καὶ ἐγὼ καὶ Ἀπολλώνιος ὑγίαινεν καὶ
τἄλλα(*) ἦν κατὰ γνώμην. ὅτε δέ σοι ἔγραφον, παρεγινόμεθα εἰς Σιδῶνα, συμπεπορευμένοι τῆι βασιλίσσηι
ἕως τῶν ὁρίων, καὶ ὑπελαμβάνομεν ταχέως παρέσεσθαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς. χαριεῖ οὖμ(*) μοι σαυτοῦ τε ἐπιμελόμενος
ἵνα ὑγιαίνηις καὶ ἡμῖν γράφων ἐάν τί σοι βούληι γίνεσθαι ὧν ἡμεῖς δυνάμεθα. καλῶς δʼ ἂμ(*) ποιήσαις ἀγοράσας
5ἡμῖν ἵνα ὡς ἂμ(*) παραγενώμεθα ἔχωμεν μέλιτος τοῦ βελτίστου μετρητὰς γ καὶ κριθῶν ὥστε εἰς τὰ κτήνη (ἀρτάβας) χ,
τὴν δὲ τιμὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ σησάμου καὶ τοῦ κροτῶνος δο\ὺ/ς εἰς ταῦτα, καὶ τῆς οἰκίας δὲ τῆς ἐμ(*) Φιλαδελφείαι
ἐπιμελόμενος, ἵνα ὡς ἂμ(*) παραγενώμεθα καταλάβωμεν αὐτὴν ἐστεγασμένην. καὶ τὰ ζευγάρια δὲ καὶ τὰ ἱερῖεια(*) καὶ τοὺς χῆνας
[κ]αὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τὰ ἐνταῦθα ὡς ἂν ἐκποιῆι πειρῶ ἐπισκοπεῖν· οὕτω\ς/ γὰρ ἡμῖν μᾶλλον ἔσται τὰ δέοντα.
καὶ τὰ γενημάτια δὲ ἵνα τρόπωι τινὶ συγκομισθῆι ἐπιμελές σοι ἔστω. καὶ ἐάν τι δέηι εἰς
10ἀνήλωμα τὸ ἀναγκαῖον δοῦναι, μὴ ὀκνήσηις.
ἔρρωσο. (ἔτους) λγ, Περιτίου ἐμβολίμου ϛ. v
[εἰς Φιλ]αδέλφειαν. (ἔτους) λγ, Φαμενὼθ ϛ.
Ἀρτεμίδωρος.
Ζήνωνι.

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^ r.2. l. τὰ ἄλλα
^ r.3. l. οὖν
^ r.4. l. ἂν
^ r.5. l. ἂν
^ r.6. l. ἐν
^ r.7. l. ἂν
^ r.7. l. ἱερεῖα

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