Letter 11

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Reference

Leone 1972: 19–20

Status of performance
Attested
Actor Role
Ioannes Tzetzes [1014] Author
Galenos [1040] Performer, Addressee
Anonymous niece of eunuch Baioulos [1495] Mentioned
Anonymous tax-collectors [1496] Mentioned
Baioulos, eunuch [1494] Ek prosopou
Manuel I Komnenos [1030] Mentioned
Publicity level
Closed circle
Date
1138
Place
Thrakesion

Tzetzes wrote this letter on behalf of eunuch Baioulos "porphyrogennetos" regarding to an estate in Thrakesion belonging to an his niece that need protection from tax-collectors. If the doux refused to help the anonymous Baioulos, Tzetzes would write to the emperor.