Artefact ID | 1580 |
TM ID | TM 22119 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
Material | Papyrus |
Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
Text content | Documentary |
Language | Greek |
Description | P. Giss. Univ. 3 30: Letter from Melas to his father Nikammon |
Selection criteria | Christian terms/formulas/concepts |
Date from | 200 |
Date to | 399 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography; the ed.pr. places the hand in the 3rd/4th c. Naldini 1968 places the hand in the 3rd c. but points out the monetary values used in lines 7–8 correspond to 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. 283 |