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Artefact ID1124
TM IDTM 10515
Findspot (DEChriM ID)41   (Kūm Awšīm)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Archive/DossierArchive
Description

P.Col. VII 161: Receipt for deliveries in kind.

Fragment of an administrative roll. Two columns of writing with receipts for deliveries of wheat, barley, pork, and meat done by Heras, son of Sarapion and Sarapion, son of Venaphrios for the account of villagers of Karanis in the harbour of Leukogion. Deliveries of wheat are done to the boats of Hierakapollon, bishop.

According to the editors, this bishop is the shipowner best attested in the Karanis receipts and had four ships under various captains (Bagnall and Lewis 1979: 103-104). His name is typically Panopolite. See also P.Col. VII 160.

Text written along the fibres on the recto and across the fibres on the back; 9 different hands.

Selection criteriaMention of Christian cult officials/institutions
Date from351
Date to351
Dating criteria

Dated July 30,  351.

Receipts in P.Col. VII 161 concern 4th indiction (= 345) to 10th indiction (= 351). They belong to a larger dossier of receipts, see the introduction to P.Col. VII 143-165 (Bagnall and Lewis 1979: 65 sqq.).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context


Accession number

New York, Columbia University P. 311

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Bagnall, Roger, and Lewis, Naphtali. 1979. Columbia Papyri VII, Fourth Century Documents from Karanis. Missoula, no. 161.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1124", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1124