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Artefact ID1200
TM IDTM 32729
Findspot (DEChriM ID)41   (Kūm Awšīm)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

P.Mich. VIII 520: Business letter

Letter from Kollouthos to his "lord brother" Isidoros, complaining of the latter's failure to meet certain obligations connected with an agricultural enterprise.

There is no Christian marker except for a chrism before the address on the verso (according to ed.). For a similar instance of a chrism on the verso, see P.Amh. II 147.

Recto: Fluent cursive of medium size running along the fibres. The concluding formula was written by Kollouthos himself in a rapid careless script that has a pronounced upward slant to the right.

Verso: the address was written by the person who wrote the body of the letter.

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

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context


Accession number

Returned to Cairo, Egyptian Museum, inv. unknown. Previously: Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 5758 a.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Winter, John Garrett and Youtie, Herbert C. 1951. Michigan Papyri VIII, Papyri and Ostraca from Karanis, Second Series. Ann Arbor, no. 520 and pl. IX (only recto).  

Additional bibliography

• Choat Malcolm. 2006. Cult and Belief in Fourth-Century Papyri. Turnhout, 118.

• Naldini Mario. 1968. Il Cristianesimo in Egitto, no. 68.    

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1200", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1200
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