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Artefact ID1394
TM IDTM 64780
Findspot (DEChriM ID)30   (al-Ašmūnayn)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

P.Rain.Unterricht 73: School text

The sheet contains school exercises written by two students: one practising the beginning of a letter to a "brother", the other a name over and over. On the last line, after the name, a series of crosses.

The back is blank.

Selection criteriaChristian symbols/gestures/isopsephy
Date from300
Date to499
Dating criteria

Palaeography. Dated to 4/5th c. in ed.pr. (but TM: 400-499).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

Vienna, Nationalbibliothek G 15574

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Harrauer, Hermann and Sijpesteijn, Pieter J. 1985. Neue Texte aus dem antiken Unterricht. MPER XV. Vienna, no. 73.

Additional bibliography

• Cribiore, Raffaella. 1996. Writing, Teachers, and Students in Graeco-Roman Egypt. Atlanta (Ga.), no. 147 descr.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1394", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1394
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