| Artefact ID | 1144 |
| TM ID | TM 21565 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 28 (al-Bahnasā) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
| Text content | Documentary |
| Language | Greek |
| Archive/Dossier | Archive |
| Description | P.Oslo III 162: Business letter The sheet is made of two large fragments, not joining. One contains the top and main part of the body of the letter, whereas the other fragment, almost completely blank, contains the end of final greetings. This letter was sent by Iatrodoros to Dorotheos and concerns money matters. The writer uses the monotheistic formula "Thanks to God" (σὺν θεῷ, corrected from σὺν θω= nomen sacrum?) while suggesting he might be able to meet with Dorotheos and pay him. Recto: Text written in a cursive hand, along the fibres. Verso: Adress, written along the fibres. |
| Selection criteria | Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Nomina sacra |
| Date from | 355 |
| Date to | 365 |
| Dating criteria | Use of the monetary unit monas only to be found in three texts (P.Oslo. III 162, P.Oxy. XLVIII 3402 P.Oxy. IX 1223) all probably from the same archive from Oxyrhynchos (Papnouthis and Dorotheos) and to be dated c. 360. See Bagnall 1985: 11-12 and 44. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Purchased 1933 from prof. Carl Schmidt, Berlin (OPES). |
| Accession number | Oslo, University Library P. 1421 |
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