Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
September 26
September 26 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated AD 179. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.
Across the centuries
On This Day
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AD 179
Life on This Day
A White Donkey and Her Foal Are Sold for 160 Drachmas
On September 26, AD 179, Eirenaeus and Phasis sold a white female donkey and her foal to Sotas son of Ptolemaeus for 160 drachmas. The complete Greek sales contract preserves the animal’s colour, the price and the names of the people involved.
Sources
Primary evidence
- British Library Papyrus 339
Modern scholarship
- British Library catalogue record
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