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Artefact ID	1680
TM ID	TM 32797
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P. Princ. 2 101: Letter of recommendation to Eudaimon from Severus This top right section (7 x 10 cm) of a sheet contains the beginning of a letter. Each of the nine lines preserved is missing its first ~4–6 letters. Addressed to [τῷ κυρί]ῳ μου ἀδελφῷ (line 1) Eudaimon, it contains well-wishes [τῷ κυ]ρίῳ θεῷ ἀποδοθῆναί (line 5). Evidently, Severus is writing this letter for an unnamed individual belonging to the household of a certain Stephanos’ father (τοῦ πατρὸς [τοῦ (or μοῦ, see Gonis 1997) Σ]τεφάνου, line 8-9), for whom it functions as a recommendation. The rest of the letter is lost. Similar letters of recommendation are P. Oslo 2 51 and P. Oslo 2 55.
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian onomastics
Date from	300
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Palaeography (?)
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown provenance. The Princeton papyri were acquired from different sources: 90 papyri via distributions by the Egypt Exploration Fund in 1901/1907/1914-15/1922; most others via joint purchases by the consortium (Michigan, Cornell, Princeton, Los Angeles in conjunction with the British Museum and Geneva) from 1921 to 1928, arranged by Francis W. Kelsey; and a group of ~750 papyri via philanthropist Robert Garrett.
Accession number	Princeton, University Library AM 8958

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Harris Kase, Edmund. 1936. Papyri in the Princeton University Collections. Vol. II. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 97-98, No. 101.

Additional bibliography
• Choat, Malcolm. 2006. Belief and Cult in Fourth-Century Papyri. Studia Antiqua Australiensia 1. Turnhout: Brepols. 101-102n446, 167.
• Gonis, Nikolaos. 1997. “Remarks on Private Letters.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik (ZPE) 119. 135-147: 138-139.
• Naldini, Mario. 1968. Il Cristianesimo in Egitto. Lettere private nei papiri dei secoli II-IV. Firenze: Le Monnier. 285-286, No. 70.

Authors

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023

Suggested citation

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1680", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1680

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TM 32797 DDbDP (PN) HGV Digital PUL – Princeton Papyri Collections Princeton University Library – Catalog

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