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Artefact ID1118
TM IDTM 70238
Findspot (DEChriM ID)30   (al-Ašmūnayn)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

CPR XIX 67: Private letter

Fragment with the top of a private letter from Ellourion (Ailourion) to his lady mother, praying lord God for her health. The rest is lost.

The handwriting is a cursive, running along the fibres.

Selection criteriaChristian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

The inventory register gives Hermupolis as presumed place of discovery, see ÖNB website and Mitthof 2005: 296 (= BL XIII 83).

Accession number

Vienna, Nationalbibliothek G 13203

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Förster, Hans. 2004. Corpus Papyrorum Raineri XIX, Griechische Texte XVIII, edited by H. Harrauer et alii. Vienna, no. 67.

Additional bibliography

• Mitthof, Fritz. 2005. "Referate". Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 51, 296.

• Hagedorn, Dieter. 2004. "Bemerkungen zu Urkunden." Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 150, 159.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1118", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1118
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