4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1605
TM ID	TM 33511
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P. Laur. 4 190: Letter from Kalosiris to Dionysios This right side of a sheet (15 x 17.3 cm) has an intact top and right border, but only lines 3-5 contain the beginning of the line. Not much of the letter’s contents can be reconstructed. Kalosiris calls Dionysios [κ]υρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ (line 1), and greets him ἐν κ(υρί)ῳ (line 2, 14). The letter then proceeds to mention a Makarios ὁ συμπρεσββύτερος (line 3), and ends with κ[ύριε ἀ]δ[ελ]φέ (line 16).
Selection criteria	Mention of Christian cult officials/institutions, Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian onomastics, Nomina sacra
Date from	300
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Palaeography; the ed.pr. compares the writing to P. Merton II 93, which is dated to the same timeframe as PSI X 1161.
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown provenance
Accession number	Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana PL III 425

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