Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
July 29
July 29 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning 257 BC to AD 108. Together, the entries below connect this calendar date with different moments in the ancient Greek world through historical and documentary evidence.
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257 BC
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Dionysodoros Asks Zenon for Ten Sheets of Papyrus
On July 29, 257 BC, Dionysodoros wrote asking Zenon to send ten sheets of papyrus that Apollonios had ordered.
Sources
Primary evidence
- P.Mich. I 22
Modern scholarship
- University of Michigan papyrus scholarship
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AD 108
Life on This Day
Tebtunis Priests Declare Temple Revenues
On July 29, AD 108, priests of Tebtunis submitted a Greek declaration concerning temple revenues and administration.
Sources
Primary evidence
- P.Tebt. II 298
- Chrest.Wilck. 90
Modern scholarship
- University of California Tebtunis Papyri catalogue
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