Official letter from Polemon, brother of Menches, village secretary of Kerkeosiris, Egypt, to another Polemon, informing him that a collector had been instructed to stop operations at Kerkeosiris for the moment. The text is dated the 3rd year of Ptolemy IX Soter II, 4th of the Egyptian month Choiak (Dec. 23, 115 B.C.)
Title
Polemon's letter, [Kerkeosiris], to Polemon.
Full Collection Name
Tebtunis Papyri
Type
Image
Extent
1 item
Other Physical Details
papyrus
Dimensions
22 x 10 cm.
Language
In Greek.
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
12 lines, written on recto along the fibers.
Regular cursive.
Margins: top, 4.7 cm.; left, 2.1 cm.; right, 0.5 cm.; bottom, 6 cm.
On verso (along the fibers) address: to Polemon.
Mounted with: P.Tebt.45 (Petition of Demas, [113 B.C.])
Note
The identity and functionary capacity of both Polemons is not known. Identifications proposed by Grenfell and Hunt should be treated with great caution.
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