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Artefact ID1570
TM IDTM 34019
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

P. Col. 11 301; P. Col. Teeter (Diss.) 9: Letter of acknowledgement 
This damaged sheet (9 x 12 cm) is missing part of the opening, before proceeding with 13 lines of text. The letter is written by the bishop (ἐπίσκ[οπος]) Psenamounios, and contains the greeting ἐν κ(υρί)ω Θ(ε)ῷ χαίρει[ν] and the ending ὁ [Θεὸ]ς (or [Κύριο]ς, see Mirecki 2001) καὶ ὁ Χρ(ιστὸ)ς αὐτ[οῦ φυλάξειαν]. The sheet is broken off at the bottom, so the length of a continuation is unclear; if the letter did not go far beyond line 14, the ed.pr. would term the correspondence a mere collection of «formulas and clichés». Nomina sacra: κω, θω, χρς

Selection criteriaMention of Christian cult officials/institutions, Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Nomina sacra
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography; the ed.pr. further notes that the author’s name, Psenamounios, is not attested after 350 CE.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown

Accession number

New York, Columbia University P. 126

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Teeter, Timothy M. 1989. Ten Christian papyri in the Columbia collection [Diss.], Columbia University.
• Teeter, Timothy M. 1998. Columbia Papyri XI. American Studies in Papyrology 38. Atlanta GA: Scholars Press. 61-68, No. 301. Plate 9.

Additional bibliography
• Mirecki, Paul. 2001. “Book Reviews. Teeter, Timothy M. Columbia Papyri XI.” Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists (BASP) 38. 145-135: 142, No. 301.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1570", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1570
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