Your Day in the Ancient Greek World

November 30

November 30 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated 224 BC. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.

Across the centuries

On This Day

  1. 224 BC

    Life on This Day

    Ptolemaic Egypt Exploration & Trade High

    Marnes Writes to Elephant Hunters About Relief and Grain

    On November 30, 224 BC, Marnes wrote to a group of elephant hunters about an approaching change-over in personnel. He mentioned the expected arrival of other hunters, anticipated grain from Heroonpolis and asked about the price of grain.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • Papyrus 582; P.Petr. II 40a = P.Petr. III 53g = Chrest.Wilck. 452 = P.Lond. III 582 descr. = TM 7473

    Modern scholarship

    • British Library Archives and Manuscripts catalogue

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