Agathon forwards to Patron (personal name) a copy of the letter he received from Mendoros, an official. This letter includes a copy of a letter to Theophilos, givings instructions concerning the collection of dues upon the holdings of cavalry-soldiers. The text is dated to the 4th year [probably of Ptolemy III Euergetes], the 8th of the Egyptian month Pharmouthi (May 28, 243 B.C.), possibly in the Oxyrhynchite Nome.
Title
Agathon's official letter, to Patron.
Full Collection Name
Tebtunis Papyri
Type
Image
Extent
1 item
Other Physical Details
papyrus, incomplete
Dimensions
34 x 15.3 cm.
Language
In Greek.
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
38 lines written on recto along the fibers; 3 additional lines and address on verso along the fibers.
Regular cursive script.
Margins: top, 2.7 cm.; left, 0.8 cm.; right, 0.5 cm.; bottom, 2 cm.
Note
Patron is also on record in P.Tebt. III.1, 744-745, 747-749.
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