Official Letter Concerning the Sitopompia
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Official Letter Concerning the Sitopompia
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Published as number 8 in P.WashU.I;
This is an official letter concerning the sitopomia from Heracleopolis, Cynopolis, and Oxyrhynchus, and also three officials from those areas. A and get the rest. A document (ten praxin) is requested from the recipient, and is apparently required for the acquisition of the grain.;
1 papyrus fragment 30.0 x 12;
7 lines of text;
documentary;
Shipment, Taxation;
Heracleopolis, Cynopolis, Oxyrhynchus;
http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/manuscripts/throop.html;
Imaging and cataloging sponsored through APIS III, an NEH funded project.;
This is an official letter concerning the sitopomia from Heracleopolis, Cynopolis, and Oxyrhynchus, and also three officials from those areas. A and get the rest. A document (ten praxin) is requested from the recipient, and is apparently required for the acquisition of the grain.;
1 papyrus fragment 30.0 x 12;
7 lines of text;
documentary;
Shipment, Taxation;
Heracleopolis, Cynopolis, Oxyrhynchus;
http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/manuscripts/throop.html;
Imaging and cataloging sponsored through APIS III, an NEH funded project.;
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PW 8 – Inv. 124
Your excellency knows that the shipment of the grain of Heracleopolis on Mesore 18 or
73 and 540 artabs did not contain the assessment of the residents but only that of the
sailors. Therefore, since his highness has refused to stay until the set time but (only)
through tomorrow his highness has every expectation of collecting the same amount as
well as the complete shipment of Cynopolis and Oxyrhynchus. Deign to take every
possible action and to send clearance papers quickly with the messenger.
Your excellency knows that the shipment of the grain of Heracleopolis on Mesore 18 or
73 and 540 artabs did not contain the assessment of the residents but only that of the
sailors. Therefore, since his highness has refused to stay until the set time but (only)
through tomorrow his highness has every expectation of collecting the same amount as
well as the complete shipment of Cynopolis and Oxyrhynchus. Deign to take every
possible action and to send clearance papers quickly with the messenger.
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“Official Letter Concerning the Sitopompia,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed April 26, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/8033.