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Artefact ID1557
TM IDTM 26571
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

P. Amst. 1 93: Letter from Potamon to his father Esaias 
Potamon greets his father Esaias (Jewish name) as κυρίῳ μου πατρ[ὶ] at the start of this letter fragment (5 x 6 cm), before promising to provide 12 (ιβ) of something. Although the top and left margins are present, the right and bottom part of the text are missing, and with it most of the contents of the papyrus. The verso is empty.

Selection criteriaChristian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian onomastics
Date from100
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography (?); the ed.pr. dates it to the 2nd/4th c.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown provenance

Accession number

Amsterdam, University Library P. Sem. 96

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Salomons, Robert P., Pieter J. Sijpesteijn and Klaas A. Worp. 1980. Die Amsterdamer Papyri I (P.Amst. I). Zutphen: Terra. 200, No. 93. Plate LI.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1557", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1557
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