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Artefact ID1130
TM IDTM 33477
Findspot (DEChriM ID)30   (al-Ašmūnayn)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
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 criteriaChristian onomastics, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy
Date from375
Date to399
Dating criteria

Dated to August 30, indiction 9. Dated 380/395 (?) in Diethart and Worp 1986: 59 (1.7.1).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

Manchester, John Rylands Library P. Herm. 37

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Rees, Brinley R. 1964. Papyri from Hermopolis and Other Documents of the Byzantine Period. London, no. 37.

Additional bibliography

Choat, Malcolm. 2006. Belief and Cult in Fourth-Century Papyri. Studia Antiqua Australiensia 1. Turnhout: Brepols, 117.

• Diethart, Johannes and Worp, Klaas. 1986. Notarsunterschriften im Byzantinischen Ägypten (Byz.Not.). Vienna, 59 and 73.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1130", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1130
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