4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1577
TM ID	TM 33681
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P. Giss. Univ. 3 25: Letter on the transport of wares The top and bottom of this sheet (21 x 11 cm) are missing, the left and right borders are preserved. The writer of the letter discusses goods transported between themselves and the addressee. Products mentioned are apples, oil, chicken, garum and salt. Multiple individuals involved in the transactions are referred to, such as Parammon, possibly Moises (line 5), Orboetidas and Theodoros (line 19), and possibly two more names which are difficult to discern.
Selection criteria	Christian onomastics
Date from	300
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Palaeography; the ed.pr. dates the hand to the 3rd century. Wilcken 1932 instead places it into the 4th c.
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown provenance; brought to Giessen as part of two purchases in Madīnat al-Fayyūm in 1928, organized by Coptologist Carl Schmidt.
Accession number	Giessen, Universitätsbibliothek P. Giss. Bibl. 266

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