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Artefact ID1267
TM IDTM 35456
Findspot (DEChriM ID)41   (Kūm Awšīm)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

P.Mert. II 94: Receipt for Corn

The receipt records a payment of corn delivered by Didymos, son of Apphou. Cryptogram ΧΜΓ centered at the top of the document and a cross precedes the signature of the collector (hypodektes) Abraam.

Large, upright hand and subsequently cancelled by means of intersecting diagonal lines; the text is written across the fibres.

Selection criteriaChristian symbols/gestures/isopsephy
Date from400
Date to499
Dating criteria

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Acquired in 1924.

Accession number

Dublin, Chester Beatty Library, P.Merton number unknown

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Rees, B.R., Bell, H.I. and Barns, J.W.B. 1959 A Descriptive Catalogue of the Greek Papyri in the Collection of Wilfred Merton II. Dublin, no. 94. 

Additional bibliography

• Gascou, Jean. 1994. Papyrus de la Sorbonne II, Un Codex fiscal Hermopolite (P.Sorb. II 69). Atlanta, 46.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1267", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1267
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