| Artefact ID | 1143 |
| TM ID | TM 32714 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
| Text content | Documentary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | P.Vind.Sijp. 28; P.L.Bat. XI 28 : Letter to abba Kollouthios Complete and well-preserved letter to the "most pious most reverent father Abba Kollouthios" from an unknown sender, coldly asking him to be remembered in his prayers. The body of the letter concerns the selling of a mare owned by the monastery or church of Abba Kollouthios. The matter seems to have caused some kind of misunderstanding between him and the writer of the letter, acting here as his agent. He insists that the children of Makarios want to buy it and informs him that his "brothers" will come to pay 5 solidi and get the mare, and will pay the rest later since Kollouthios did not give them the delay which they initially agreed on to gather the whole amount. An Abba Kollouthos is also the recipient of SB XXII 15267 (dated 5/6th c.) The letter was written transversa charta, in an experienced cursive hand. Starts with a cross, space-fillers in the right margin. Influence of Coptic language (Remondon 1965: 178). Verso: address between crosses; the writing runs along the fibres. |
| Selection criteria | Mention of Christian cult officials/institutions, Mention of Christian individuals/communities, Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian onomastics, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy |
| Date from | 375 |
| Date to | 499 |
| Dating criteria | Dated to 5/6th c. in ed. pr. Redated to 4/5th c. on palaeographic grounds by Remondon 1965: 176 n. 2. However M. Choat suggests that the first editor’s date may have been more correct according to the structure of the letter (without standard introductory and farewell formulae of fourth- and fifth-century letters): Choat 2017: 44, n. 149. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Found during excavations in 1896 |
| Accession number | Vienna, Nationalbibliothek G 25926 |
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