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Artefact ID	1649
TM ID	TM 33666
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	28 (al-Bahnasā)
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P.Oxy. XIV 1682, P.Oxy. 14 1682: Letter from Herakelides to Antiocheia In this letter (16.7 x 11.7 cm), Herakleides writes to κυρίᾳ μου ἀδελφῇ Antiocheia, who has recently left, to inquire whether she has safely arrived. He uses the phrase τοῦ θεοῦ πρόνοια (line 6) and asks her to write to confirm her arrival. In a second part, he remarks on the work of Antiocheia’s son.
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	Tonbridge, School Library P. Oxy. 1682

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Grenfell, Bernard P. and Arthur S. Hunt. 1920. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Part XIV (P. Oxy. XIV). London: Egypt Exploration Fund. 143-144, No. 1682.

Additional bibliography
• Ghedini, Giuseppe. 1923. Lettere Cristiane dai Papiri Greci del III e IV Secolo. Milano: Presso l'amministrazione di Aegyptus e la società editrice Vita e Pensiero. 189-192, No. 26.
• Leclercq, Henri. 1929. "Lettres Chrétiennes." In Dictionnaire d'Archéologie chrétienne et de liturgie 8(2), fasc. 90–91, edited by Fernand Cabrol and Henri Leclercq. Paris: Librairie Letouzey & Ané, col. 2683-2885: col. 2789, No. 26.
• Meecham, Henry G. 1923. Light from Ancient Letters: Private Correspondence in the Non-literary Papyri of Oxyrhynchus of the First Four Centuries, and Its Bearing on New Testament Language and Thought. London: George Allen & Unwin. 82
• Naldini, Mario. 1968. Il Cristianesimo in Egitto. Lettere private nei papiri dei secoli II-IV. Firenze: Le Monnier. 228-230, No. 52.
• Rees, Brinley R. 1950. “Popular Religion in Graeco-Roman Egypt: II. The Transition to Christianity.” Journal of Egyptian Archaeology (JEA) 36. 86-100: 98.

Authors

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023

Suggested citation

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1649", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1649

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