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Artefact ID1590
TM IDTM 33487
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

P. Herm. 68: Account of corn 
This list (28.1 x 12.3 cm) is missing its top part, comprised of names and amount of corn in artabai. Names listed include: Amounis son of Phibis, Timotheos, an Ἄπα […]ητωρ, Isakos son of Ioannes, Petros, a deacon Apoll[…] (or Apoll[…] son of Diakon), Taurinos son of Tornos, Anouphis son of Apoll[…], Abramos son of Hermes, Victor son of Tornos, a deacon Elias (or Elias son of Diakon). Multiple of the Petros and Timotheos mentioned are comarchs. The verso is blank.

Selection criteriaChristian onomastics
Date from375
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown; one of the papyri found in two tin boxes among the Oxyrhynchus papyri, probably acquired by Grenfell and Hunt in Egypt. Most of the papyri come from Hermopolis, a few from Memnonia.

Accession number

Manchester, John Rylands Library P. Herm. 68

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Rees, Brinley R. 1964. Papyri from Hermopolis and Other Documents of the Byzantine Period. London: Egypt Exploration Society. 98, No. 68.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1590", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1590
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