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Artefact ID1437
TM IDTM 32367
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

CPR 8 44: List of grass sold 
All sides but the bottom are intact, the document (11,3 x 11,2 cm) is inscribed on both sides. The recto contains an overview of personal names, occupations and amounts (considered to be arouras), perhaps for the bookkeeping of an estate. Among the customers/buyers are an Ἀλῆτος πραισβυτέρου (line 6), and an ἀδελφοῦ Καλαβενχις (line 9). The verso contains a list of payments in talents and traces of some words (ταρσικάρ[ιος], Σιλβανῷ, θεόδωρος, Δημήτρι[ος], Ἀρτεμ<ι>δω[ρος], Ὡρίων).

Selection criteriaMention of Christian cult officials/institutions, Mention of Christian individuals/communities
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown provenance (possibly Hermupolites?); no acquisition information.

Accession number

Vienna, Nationalbibliothek G 13118

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Sijpesteijn, Pieter J. and Klaas A. Worp. 1983. Corpus Papyrorum Raineri VIII, Griechische Texte V. Vienna: Brüder Hollinek. 115-117, No. 44.

Additional bibliography
• Pestman, Pieter W., Hans-Albert Rupprecht and Francisca A. J. Hoogendijk. 1992. Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII. Leiden/New York/Köln: Brill. 114.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1437", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1437
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