4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1630
TM ID	TM 33609
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	28 (al-Bahnasā)
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P.Oxy. LXI 4127, P.Oxy. 61 4127: Letter from Ptolemaios to Thonios The letter (4 x 26 cm) mostly lists a number of items which the writer Ptolemaios means to buy via the addressee Thonios, such as a dish/platter (πίνακα, line 22), girl’s shoes and something from Canopus. He also cancels his previous order of linen yarn and other items. The letter ends with greetings to Tithoes. Ptolemaios greets the recipient with ἐν κ(υρί)ῳ χαίρειν (line 4-5) and calls him τῷ ἀγαπητῷ ἀδελφῷ (line 2-4).
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from	300
Date to	350
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. 4127

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