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Artefact ID1120
TM IDTM 21445
Findspot (DEChriM ID)30   (al-Ašmūnayn)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

P.Münch. III 99; Chrest.Wilck. 434: Deed of surety

Two fragments preserving the upper part of a document in which five skippers and shipowners offer, by sworn oath, caution for another shipowner and skipper to the councillor of the city of Hermopolis, epimeletes of the wheat of Alexandria for the 4th indiction. Among them, three come from the mone of Chaireou (Keriun), near Alexandria, and the two others come from Alexandria, one being skipper of the boat of the church of Alexandria (κ̣υβερνήτου πλοίου καθο̣λ̣ι̣κῆ̣ς̣ ἐκκλησίας).

Other sailors of the church in 4th c. papyri are in P.Hamb. IV 267 and P.Oxy. XXXIV 2729.

Selection criteriaMention of Christian cult officials/institutions
Date from390
Date to390
Dating criteria

Dated in the consulate of Valentinianus Aug. IV and Fl. Netorius

Absolute/relative dateAbsolute date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek P. gr. 60

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference edition

• Hagedorn, Ursula. 1986. Die Papyri der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek München III, Griechische Urkundenpapyri der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek München, Part I, edited by U. and D. Hagedorn, R. Hübner and J.C. Shelton. Stuttgart, no. 99 (abb. 43).

Editio princeps

• Wilcken, Ulrich. 1912. Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde, I Bd. Historischer Teil, II Hälfte Chrestomathie. Leipzig-Berlin, no 434.

Additional bibliography

• Wipzsycka, Ewa. 1972. Les ressources et les activités économiques des églises en Egypte du IVe au VIIIe siècle. Brussels, 63.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1120", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1120
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