| Artefact ID | 1376 |
| TM ID | TM 32695 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 28 (al-Bahnasā) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
| Text content | Documentary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | P.Oxy. XXXI 2609: Letter Fragment of a short letter of which the end is lost. The sender informs his/her "sister in Lord" about the illness of his/her son after she visited them, but with "God's help", he has now recovered; he expresses solicitude about her/his own health before the papyrus breaks off. Recto: Upright, rounded and plain handwriting, running across the fibres. One line was added in the left margin. Use of nomina sacra. The ed. notes the possibility of reading an almost effaced monogram in the greetings formula, looking like a christogram [chrism]. Blumell & Wayment 2015 give as possible (but not strict) parallels P.Lond. VI 1926.4 and SB I 2226.28 but in none of them did the writer use the chrism. In the photo, one has difficulties finding the remaining traces of the chi; the traces could also be those of a theta from the much more expected θ(ε)ῷ (VS). Verso is blank. |
| Selection criteria | Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy, Nomina sacra |
| Date from | 300 |
| Date to | 399 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | |
| Accession number | Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms P.Oxy. 2609. |
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