4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1554
TM ID	TM 32705
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P. Alex. 30: Letter from Horion to his father Kollous (?) The letter (6,5 x 8,5 cm) is comprised of 9 lines on the recto, of which line 7 and lines 8–9 are written in a second and third hand respectively. The top and bottom border are nearly intact, the left and right are broken off, leaving the content incomplete. It contains the salutation τῷ κυρίῳ θεῷ in line 5. Line 6 dates the letter to the month of Pharmouthi, and lines 8–0 mention the village Seryphis (Eshruba) in the Oxyrhynchite nome (the phrase ἀπὸ κώμης Σερύφεως is repeated multiple times by the third hand). The second hand in line 7 seems to refer to a payment of some kind. A single line on the verso reads the address κυρίῳ μου πατ[ρὶ].
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from	300
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Palaeography
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown provenance
Accession number	Alexandria, Graeco-Roman Museum P. 314

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