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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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