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Artefact ID1195
TM IDTM 33617
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

P.Berl.Sarisch. 20: List of furniture

Very fragmentary sheet of papyrus preserving parts of a list of furniture obtained in Alexandria. Above the first line, the ed. interprets traces of letters as the Christian cryptogram ΧΜΓ.

The text runs parallel with the fibres. Verso is blank.

Selection criteriaChristian symbols/gestures/isopsephy
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeographically dated to 4th c. in ed. pr.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

unknown

Accession number

Berlin, Staatliche Museen, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung P. 25662

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Sarischouli, Panagiota. 1995. Berliner griechische Papyri, Christliche literarische Texte und Urkunden aus dem 3. bis 8. Jh.n.Chr. Wiesbaden, no. 20.

Additional bibliography

• Choat, Malcolm. 2006. Belief and Cult in Fourth-Century Papyri. Turnhout, 115.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1195", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1195
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