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Artefact ID1592
TM IDTM 31279
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

P. Iand. 2 11: Letter to a “brother” 
The text on the verso of the sheet (17 x 16 cm) is broken off at the top and on the left side, leaving 17 fragmented lines. The writer mentions a sale between an Epimachos and an Eudaimon, and gives the addressee instructions to deal with a creditor (?) Troilos. The recipient is asked to send a στυλάρι[ο]ν (line 8) to Petros and a λίτρα of something to Demetrios, who are described as τῷ κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Πέτρῳ (line 9) and ἀδελφῷ ζημητριῳ (line 12) respectively. Formulation οἶδεν γὰρ ὁ θέος in line 10. The addressee is greeted as κύριέ μου ἄδελφ(ε) (line 17).

Selection criteriaChristian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian onomastics
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown provenance (Oxyrhynchus?); acquired by the German Papyruskartell in 1906 or 1907. The Papyri Iandanae (P.Iand.), private papyrus collection of philologist Karl Kalbfleisch, member of the Papyruskartell, were assembled in the years 1905–1913 and 1926–1927, and gifted to the Giessen university library by testament in 1953.

Accession number

Giessen, Universitätsbibliothek P. Iand. 35

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Eisner, Leonhard. 1913. Papyri Iandanae. Fasciculus Secundus. Epistulae Privatae Graecae. Leipzig: Teubner. 46-48, No. 11.

Additional bibliography
• Bilabel, Friedrich. 1933. Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2. Heidelberg. 76
• Boswinkel, Ernst, Pieter W. Pestman, and Hans-Albert Rupprecht. 1976. Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI. Leiden: Brill. 56.
• Ghedini, Giuseppe. 1923. Lettere Cristiane dai Papiri Greci del III e IV Secolo. Milano: Presso l'amministrazione di Aegyptus e la società editrice Vita e Pensiero. 78-83, No. 5.
• Leclercq, Henri. 1929. "Lettres Chrétiennes." In Dictionnaire d'Archéologie chrétienne et de liturgie 8(2), fasc. 90–91, edited by Fernand Cabrol and Henri Leclercq. Paris: Librairie Letouzey & Ané, col. 2683-2885: col. 2783, No. 5.

• Naldini, Mario. 1968. Il Cristianesimo in Egitto. Lettere private nei papiri dei secoli II-IV. Firenze: Le Monnier. 86-88, No. 7.
• Preisigke, Friedrich. 1913. Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I. Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner. 197.
• Rupprecht, Hans-Albert, Klaas A. Worp, Francisca A. J. Hoogendijk et al. 2009. Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII. Leiden/Boston: Brill. 92.
• Wilcken, Ulrich. 1913. “Papyrus-Urkunden.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung (AfP) 6. 268-301: 294-295.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1592", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1592
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