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Artefact ID	1678
TM ID	TM 32646
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	28 (al-Bahnasā)
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P.Oxy. XXXIV 2731, P.Oxy. 34 2731: Letter from Maximus to Zenobia This nearly intact sheet (18.8 x 26.9 cm) contains a personal letter from a soldier Maximus to his mother-in-law (?) Zenobia, addressed as τῇ κυρίᾳ μου μητρὶ (line 1) and greeted ἐν κ(υρί)ῳ θ(ε)ῷ (line 2). He asks her to relay greetings to his wife Salamaei and to the brothers (ἐμοῦ τοὺς ἀδελφούς, line 8-9), also from his mother Rufina. Maximus reiterates his demand that his wife Salamaei be sent to him, a request which has not been heeded multiple times. He himself cannot leave his current location because his superior, the praepositus, is not letting anyone go.
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from	300
Date to	499
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. 2731

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Ingrams, Leonard, P. Kingston, Peter Parsons, and John Rea. 1968. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. XXXIV (P. Oxy. XXXIV). Graeco-Roman Memoirs 49. London: Egypt Exploration Society. 141-142, No. 2731.

Additional bibliography
• Bagnall, Roger S. 1993. Egypt in Late Antiquity. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 191n62.
• Blumell, Lincoln H. and Thomas A. Wayment. 2015. Christian Oxyrhynchus: Texts, Documents and Sources. Waco TX: Baylor University Press. 605-608, No. 161.
• Choat, Malcolm. 2006. Belief and Cult in Fourth-Century Papyri. Studia Antiqua Australiensia 1. Turnhout: Brepols. 170. [listed]
• Fournet, Jean-Luc. 2017. “Review of: Lincoln H. Blumell & Thomas A. Wayment, ‘Christian Oxyrhynchus. Texts, Documents, and Sources.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung (AfP) 63(2). 415-420: 420.
• Hatzilambrou, Rosalia. 2022. “’Asexuality’ in the Greek Papyrus Letters.” In Sex and the Ancient City. Sex and Sexual Practices in Greco-Roman Antiquity, edited by Andreas Serafim, George Kazantzidis and Kyriakos Demetriou. De Gruyter: Berlin/Boston. 487-507: 492-493.
• Huebner, Sabine. 2013. The Family in Roman Egypt: A Comparative Approach to Intergenerational Solidarity and Conflict. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 148.
• Naldini, Mario. 1981. “In Margine Alle ‘Lettere Cristiane’ Nei Papiri.” Civiltà Classica e Cristiana (CClCr / Civ. CI. Cr) 2. 167-176: 176.
• Papathomas, Amphilochios, 2010. “Notizen zu griechischen Briefen auf Papyri und Ostraka.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik (ZPE) 172. 208-212: 208.
• Tibiletti, Giuseppe. 1979. Le lettere private nei papiri greci del III e IV secolo d.C. Tra paganesimo e cristianesimo. Milano: Vita e Pensiero. 21, 41.

Authors

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023

Suggested citation

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1678", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1678

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External links

TM 32646 DDbDP (PN) HGV Oxyrhynchus Online (Image Database) Oxyrhynchus Papyri (University of Oxford – Online Resource)

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