Artefact ID | 1130 |
TM ID | TM 33477 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 30 (al-Ašmūnayn) | Class | Textual |
Material | Papyrus |
Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
Text content | Documentary |
Language | Greek |
Description | P.Herm. 37: Receipt for money Almost complete document with receipt issued by Papnouthis, son of Hierax, from Hermoupolis, and addressed to Aurelius Asklepiades, a soldier in the military unit of the most noble Mauroi, stationed at Hermopolis. It is apparently for a payment of two solidi out of a total of six owing, though the interpretation of the body of the document remains unclear. Three hands according to ed.: the one of the body of the document is large, slightly sloping, with affinities to the chancery script; the subscription is in a smaller, less practised, semi-uncial hand; the notarial signature is written in a distinctly flowing cursive and starts with a cross and staurogram. Verso is blank. |
Selection criteria | Christian onomastics, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy |
Date from | 375 |
Date to | 399 |
Dating criteria | Dated to August 30, indiction 9. Dated 380/395 (?) in Diethart and Worp 1986: 59 (1.7.1). |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | - |
Accession number | Manchester, John Rylands Library P. Herm. 37 |