4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1582
TM ID	TM 30693
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P. Got. 11: Letter The first two lines of this letter (9 x 9 cm), presumably the greeting, are illegible; 9 lines of text follow. The repeated use of ἐν κ(υρί)ῳ (lines 2, 4, 9) and the invocation of ἀγαπή (line 7) confirms that the writer (and the recipient) is a Christian, and from Schubart 1930 onward scholars have agreed that the topic of the letter is that of a Christian persecution, possibly the Diocletianic Persecution. Some women are to be ἀγομεναις in front of an ἐπίτροπος (line 6); both of these terms are known from the context of martyrs. The recipient is therefore asked for his help with this matter. It is also considered likely that the letter contained no names, should the document fall into wrong hands. Nomen sacrum: κω
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Nomina sacra
Date from	250
Date to	325
Dating criteria	Content; thought to refer to the Diocletianic Persecution.
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown provenance; the collection website notes that one part of the Göteborg collection is stated to have been bought by Wilhelm Schubart from a German collector in the 1920s, the other part directly in Egypt in 1925.
Accession number	Göteborg, Universitetsbibliotek 105

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