Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
September 15
September 15 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated 16 BC. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.
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16 BC
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A Letter Requests Wheat, Wool and Protection Letters
On September 15, 16 BC, a Greek letter asked Athenodoros for several favors, including the dispatch of wheat, wool and protection letters for Apellas. The document survives as BGU XVI 2621 from the Athenodoros archive in the Herakleopolite nome. It preserves a practical network of requests, goods and written protection in Roman Egypt.
Sources
Primary evidence
- BGU XVI 2621 = P.25279
Modern scholarship
- Berlin Papyrus Database
- Papyri.info record for BGU XVI 2621
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