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P.Cair.Zen. 2 59157

13.5 x 33.5

CG59157; JE48603

Letter from Apollonios to Zenon

(27th December, 256 B.C.)

Apollonios orders Zenon to plant fir-trees all over the park and round the vineyard and the olive-groves, in the number of at least three hundred. For the tree has a striking appearance and will be of service to the king. That is to say, it would provide timber for ship-building besides being an ornament to the estate.

 

 

 

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