| Artefact ID | 1629 |
| TM ID | TM 33124 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 28 (al-Bahnasā) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
| Text content | Documentary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | P.Oxy. LIX 4003, P.Oxy. 59 4003: Letter from Didymos to Athanasios |
| Selection criteria | Mention of Christian cult officials/institutions, Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian onomastics |
| Date from | 300 |
| Date to | 499 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography; according to the ed.pr., the title praefectus Augustalis was first held by Flavius Eutolmius Tatianus in 367 CE. Mention of Pelusium further indicates the letter may date before the creation of the province Arcadia (founded before 411 CE), when Oxyrhynchus and Pelusium both belonged to the province Augustamnica (founded 341). |
| 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. 4003 |
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