Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
November 3
November 3 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated 123 BC. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.
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123 BC
Life on This Day
A Couple Buy a Quarter-Arura of Land
On November 3, 123 BC, Patous son of Phagonis sold a quarter-arura of land at Pathyris for 4,000 bronze drachmas. The buyers were Panebchounis son of Totoes and his wife Kobahetesis, also called Maithotis.
Sources
Primary evidence
- Papyrus 879; P.Lond. III 879 = TM 84
Modern scholarship
- British Library Archives and Manuscripts catalogue
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