4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1624
TM ID	TM 33600
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	28 (al-Bahnasā)
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P.Oxy. LVI 3859, P.Oxy. 56 3859: Letter from Horigenes to Sarapammon Two sheets joined together (32.5 x 26.5 cm) form this two-column letter. In column 1, Horigenes recounts his misfortune of having been detained by a soldier, as well as another occurrence (here the papyrus is broken off), which have impeded Horigenes from visiting Sarapammon at Oxyrhynchus twice. Column 2 consists entirely of greetings, and a number of familial terms (father, mother, brother, sister), for more than 38 individuals (the number of children greeted is not definite). Horigenes uses the phrase μετὰ τὸν θεὸν (line 10), and addresses Sarapammon as κύριέ μου ἄδελφε (line 53).
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from	307
Date to	399
Dating criteria	The ed.pr. orients itself around the term πἀγος (line 13), which replaced toparchies by 307/308, as well as the verso P.Oxy. LVI 3874 (345/346 CE) and the price of the solidus.
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. 3859

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