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Artefact ID1196
TM IDTM 219356
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

P.Köln XIII 541; P.Koeln XIII 541: Order of payment.

Order issued by Megas, dyer, and addressed to his brother Ioannes, for the payment of 3 myriads (of denarii) to the wool shearer (pokistes).

Above the first line appears the Christian cryptogram ΧΜΓ.

The text is written in a cursive hand, along the fibres.

Verso is blank.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy
Date from350
Date to499
Dating criteria

Dated to the second half of 4th c. at the earliest in ed. pr. on consideration of the amount of money.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

Cologne, Papyrussammlung P. 3835

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Maresch, Klaus. 2013. Kölner Papyri XIII, ed. M. Gronewald, J. Lundon, K. Maresch, G. Schenke, P. Schmitz. Pap.Colon. VII/13. Paderborn et al., no. 541.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1196", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1196
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