4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1636
TM ID	TM 78667
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	28 (al-Bahnasā)
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P.Oxy. LXVII 4628, P.Oxy. 67 4628: Letter from Gerontios to Κollouthos Following the greeting, in which Gerontios addresses Κollouthos as κυρίῳ μου υἱῷ, τhe letter (10.8 x 29 cm) begins by exclaiming οἶδεν ὁ θεός (l. 3), outlining issues with the lodging of some soldiers, part of a unit called Μαῦροι (line 9). Describing how he has never had any issues with previous billeting soldiers (μιτάτωρ/μητάτωρ, lines 10 and 24), the current group has not shown respect and not visited Gerontios. Since Κollouthos is a domesticus, he asks him to intervene and send the soldiers to him, so he does not have to bother the (more senior?) praepositus.
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts
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. 4628

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