Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
June 12
June 12 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning 158 BC to AD 98. Together, the entries below connect this calendar date with different moments in the ancient Greek world through historical and documentary evidence.
Across the centuries
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158 BC
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Payment Is Receipted for a House Bought at Auction
On June 12, 158 BC, a Ptolemaic receipt recorded payment for a house purchased at auction in Diospolis Magna.
Sources
Primary evidence
- CPJ I 27
Modern scholarship
- Corpus Papyrorum Judaicarum
- Modern papyrological scholarship
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AD 98
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Miccalus Lends Money to Two Brothers
On June 12, AD 98, Miccalus made a Greek loan agreement with two brothers in Roman Egypt.
Sources
Primary evidence
- British Library Papyrus 162
Modern scholarship
- British Library Papyri Collection catalogue
Public links