4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1583
TM ID	TM 30694
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P. Got. 12: Letter The left half of the sheet (20 x 9.5 cm) is badly damaged and completely missing for most of the text. Over 39 lines, the letter addressed to ἀδέλφοι, including a πρεσβύτερος (l. 8), covers the topic of an inheritance, and asks the ἀδέλφοι to send the writer a διακατοχή, a bonorum possessio (l. 11, 39). Mostly intact lines 10-21 mention individuals that seem to be opposed to the writer and his addressees. Possibly dated κθ (29) Pachon (l. 3). Mention of the name Triadelphos (?) on line 3.
Selection criteria	Mention of Christian individuals/communities
Date from	275
Date to	325
Dating criteria	Palaeography
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 107

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