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P.Cair.Zen. 1 59075

25 x 35

CG59075; JE48524

Letter from Toubias to Apollonios

(About 12th May, 257 B.C.)

Toubias the Ammonite chief announces that, in response to Apollonios' letter, he has sent to the king, who was a great collector of strange animals, a gift consisting of horses, dogs, asses, and various speciments of cross-breeding with the wild ass, all of them domesticated. He also sends a letter to the king about the gift, to be delivered through Apollonios; and to reassure him about the contents of this letter he gives a copy of it below. It contains in fact nothing but a list of the animals.

 

 

 

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