4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1568
TM ID	TM 34018
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P. Col. 11 299; P. Col. Teeter (Diss.) 7: Letter The first 9 lines of a letter (10.5 x 7 cm), the right side of which is badly frayed into its fibers; the left border is intact. Addressed to a δεσπότης, the writer prays to τῷ πανελεήμονι Θεῷ (line 3–4) for the health of the addressee, and reports that the μοναχος (line 7) has brought the writer the παραγαύτιον (presumably a shirt or tunic) the addressee had mentioned. The verso contains the address τῇ κυριᾳ μου ἀδ[ελφῇ]. παραγαύτιον is a unique spelling, see παραγαύδης, παραγαύδιον. Teeter assigns the monk named to the ἀποτακτικοί, self-sufficient local monks in the community.
Selection criteria	Mention of Christian individuals/communities, Christian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from	300
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Palaeography; the ed.pr. compares the hand to P.Heid. I 6 and P.Lond. III 981. μοναχός is first attested as a term for «monk» in P.Col. VII 171 (324 CE).
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown
Accession number	New York, Columbia University P. 174 b

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