4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1659
TM ID	TM 33727
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	28 (al-Bahnasā)
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P.Oxy. XLVIII 3421, P.Oxy. 48 3421: Letter from Ammonios to Serapion The writing on the letter (11 x 12.5 cm) is strongly rubbed off in many parts. The recipient is addressed as τῷ κυρίω μου ἀδελφῷ (line 1), and the writer prays τῷ πανελεήμονι Θεῷ (line 4). Ammonios is writing to Serapion regarding the latter’s foster-child Philippos, asking him to assist the child and not allow a certain Petalos to rob or steal him away (στερήσιν, line 13). The letter would have continued, but it was trimmed and reused for the letter on the verso, P.Oxy. 48 3402. Ammonios could possibly be identified as the same individual from P.Oxy. 48 3419 and P.Oxy. 48 3420.
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from	330
Date to	385
Dating criteria	Archive context: Part of the Archive of Papnouthis and Dorotheos (TM Archive ID 172), ranged between 330 and 385 CE. The archive contains P.Oxy. XLVIII 3384–3429.
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 44 5B 63/(68-69)b Ro

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