Menches informs Horos that the oil-seller of Kerkeosiris had discovered that oil (a state monopoly) was being smuggled, appending a copy of the petition from the oil-seller (Apollodoros) to Menches. The letter is dated to the 4th year of Polemy IX Soter II, the 14th of the Egyptian month Mecheir (Mar. 2, 113 B.C.)
Title
Official letter of Menches, [Kerkeosiris, Egypt] to Horos.
Full Collection Name
Tebtunis Papyri
Type
Image
Extent
1 item
Other Physical Details
papyrus, 1 fragment, incomplete
Dimensions
24.7 x 30.8 cm.
Language
In Greek.
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
1 column, 27 lines written on recto across the fibers.
Regular cursive.
Left margin: 3.5 cm.
Papyrus is much damaged.
Number "38" written in red ink in left margin.
Note
Petitions from the same oil-seller are P.Tebt.39, P.Tebt.157, and P.Tebt.1094.<br>Forms part of: Menches archive.
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