4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1623
TM ID	TM 33599
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	28 (al-Bahnasā)
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P.Oxy. LVI 3858, P.Oxy. 56 3858: Letter from Barys to Diogenes The recipient of this letter (10.5 x 25.5 cm), Diogenes, is greeted with ἐν κ(υρί)ω χαίριν (line 3) and at the end is wished well with the hope that δυνατὸς ὁ θ(εὸ)ς (line 24-25) protect him. Barys states that he is writing this letter instead of coming to visit Diogenes and disturbing him. He requests that a certain Horus, about whom Diogenes and a Pathermouthis had previously spoken, be allowed to delay his liturgy by 4 months. Horus is described as being of limited means and responsible for a plot of land for a Serenianus, which he is planning to leave to fulfill the liturgy in the month of Hathyr. Nomina sacra: κω, θς.
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Nomina sacra
Date from	300
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Palaeography
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Found in al-Bahnasā (Oxyrhynchos) during the excavations of Bernard Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt between 1896 and 1907.
Accession number	Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms P. Oxy. 3858

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