Letter December 25, 256Apollonios, dioiketes, 12 in Pap.Lugd.Bat. XXI, p.292-293APIScolumbia.apis.p31(NNC)aaa1343p.col.3.310094;3;31p.col;3;3117501750Col.inv. 263Letter of Apollonios to Zenon: he is sending Midas to take care of the mules and Midas should receive his wages, clothing allowance, and food allowanceWritten across the fibers with 7 lines; the back is written along the fibersOn the back there is the address, the docket, and a note by the first scribe indicating the subject, written upside downPlate in P.Col. III facing p. 80Written in the large chancery hand of Apollonios' office, but with unusual cancellations and additionsIn Greek1papyrus ; 33 x 16 cm256 BCE
Purchased by Columbia University from Dr. Kondilios through H.I. Bell in July 1925; no. 3 in Bell's inventory
APIS keywords are controlled locally at the institution level. They are not necessarily consistent.EnglishIn GreekPapyri
Apollonios to Zenon, greeting. I have sent Midas, the muleteer, to you. Make use of him, therefore, in connection with the mules and order him to take over the care of them. Give him the fixed wages and food allowance punctually. For he has obtained his clothing allowance from me and has received his wages UP to the month Dios.
Good-by. Year 30, Dios 11, Hathyr 1.
[Verso:j Year 30, Dios 23, Hathyr 23. [Scribe's notation:] Regarding Midas.
On wages of Midas, muleteer. To Zenon.