| Artefact ID | 1399 |
| TM ID | TM 41615 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
| Text content | Documentary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | SB XXII 15605: Contract (Sale of land). After the subscription of Aur. Kyria, written by her husband because she can not write herself, comes the subscription of Aur. Asklepiades, witness to the sale, which is preceded, according to ed., by a cross (l. 19). This could be the earliest well-dated use of the cross in contract subscriptions. Recto: cursive writing along the fibres. The verso is blank. |
| Selection criteria | Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy |
| Date from | 373 |
| Date to | 373 |
| Dating criteria | Imperial and consular date formula (l. 1-2: Valentinianus and Valens and Gratianus, year 11 = 11 = 07) |
| Absolute/relative date | Absolute date |
| Archaeological context | Belongs to the "Ersten Fayumer Fund", as such it could come from Arsinoite or Herakleopolite. |
| Accession number | Vienna, Nationalbibliothek G 2587 |
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