The oil-seller Apollodoros complains to Menches, village scribe, about two assaults by oil smugglers; the text mentions the 4th year (of Ptolemy IX Soter II, 114/113 B.C.) and the 4th of the Egyptian month Hathyr (Nov. 23, 114 B.C.)
Title
Petition from Apollodoros to Menches
Full Collection Name
Tebtunis Papyri
Type
Image
Extent
1 item
Other Physical Details
papyrus, 1 fragment, incomplete
Dimensions
24 x 10.8 cm.
Language
In Greek.
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
1 column, 36 lines, written on recto along the fibers.
Regular cursive.
Margins: top, 2 cm.; left, 1.4 cm.
Number "39" written in red in top margin.
Verso empty.
Note
Petitions from the same oil-seller are: P.Tebt.38, P.Tebt.157, and P.Tebt.1094.<br>Forms part of: Menches archive.
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