| Artefact ID | 1277 |
| TM ID | ΤΜ 32820 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 28 (al-Bahnasā) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
| Text content | Documentary |
| Language | Greek |
| Archive/Dossier | Dossier |
| Description | SB XVI 12626: Payment order. Abraham (Abraamis) orders Theodosios to pay 200 myriads in all. Order in form of a letter, dated Phaophi 8, Indiction 2. Recto: written in an unpracticed hand, with very little linking, running accross the fibres. At the top and bottom of the document is the Christian cryptogram ΧΜΓ. Verso is blank. |
| Selection criteria | Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy |
| Date from | 400 |
| Date to | 599 |
| Dating criteria | Dated 4/5th c. in ed.pr. but identified as part of the dossier of "Abraham estate manager" with a parallel order written by the same hand and addressed to the same person (P.Mich. inv. 3732), edited and dated 6th c. by Claytor 2019: 234-235. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Ann Arbor, Michigan University Library P.Mich.inv. 3707 |
| Accession number | Part of a large group purchased in 1925. According to the inventory compiled by H.I. Bell, it comes from Behneseh (Oxyrhynchus). |
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