4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1652
TM ID	TM 33677
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	28 (al-Bahnasā)
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P.Oxy. XIV 1775, P.Oxy. 14 1775: Letter from Plutarchos to Theoninos The sheet (23.2 x 12.8 cm) is heavily damaged at the bottom, where remnants of a second text of 8 lines are visible. Presumably writing from Alexandria (line 8), where Plutarchos is conducting business for Theoninos, the recipient is addressed with κύριέ μου ἀδελφέ (lines 1, 6, 11-12), and Plutarchos writes that he does the προσκύνημα daily παρὰ τῷ δεσπότῃ θεῷ (line 4). He recounts his troubles with his father, and he reminds Theoninos to bring him both money and the tunica from a certain Megale when he comes. The letter is signed in a second hand, presumably Plutarchos’ own.
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	Oklahoma, Green collection Pap. 292; Washington, Museum of the Bible, PAP.000292

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