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Artefact ID1119
TM IDTM 21549
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

P.Oslo III 113: Deed of surety.

Aurelius Mouses, son of Horos, from Sais (in the Delta), deacon of the catholic church (katholike ekklesia) of the village of Pois in the Hermopolites nome, offers caution for two peasants, Azarion and Elias, to the praepositus of the 1st pagus of the Hermopolites nome by sworn oath. This kind of surety was delivered to the prapositus pagi as subordinate to the exactor in connection with the leasing of public land.

Selection criteriaMention of Christian cult officials/institutions, Christian onomastics
Date from346
Date to346
Dating criteria

Dated in the consulate of Constantius Aug. IV and Constans Aug. III

Absolute/relative dateAbsolute date
Archaeological context


Accession number

Oslo, University Library P. 509

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Eitrem, Samson and Amundsen, Leiv. 1936. Papyri Osloenses III. Oslo, no. 113 with pl. VIII.   

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1119", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1119
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