| Description | P. Ross. Georg. 5 6, P. Iand. 2 13, P.Iand.inv. 32: Letter from Eulogios to his son Philoxenos
This left side of a sheet (26.7 x 10 cm) is made up of two fragments, a top (12.7 x 9.5 cm, P. Ross. Georg. 5 6, formerly in St. Petersburg), and a bottom (14 x 10 cm, P. Iand. 2 13, formerly in Marburg); the entire right portion of the papyrus (the width of which is unclear) remains extant. The father inquires about his son’s whereabouts and asks him to finally respond to his letters. The phrasing [σώματι] καὶ ψυχῇ is used in line 6–7 (similar to P.Oxy. VIII 1161), and greetings are relayed to πάντες οἱ ἀδελφοί (line 28). The ed.pr. points out similarities to BGU II 530, also a letter from father to son. The last line of the letter is written along the left border, and the verso contains the address. Nomina sacra: Θ(εο)ς (line 33) |
| Archaeological context | Unknown provenance (Oxyrhynchus?).
P. Iand. 2 13: The Papyri Iandanae (P.Iand.), private papyrus collection of philologist Karl Kalbfleisch, member of the Papyruskartell, were assembled in the years 1905–1913 and 1926–1927, and gifted to the Giessen university library by testament in 1953. P. Iand. 2 13 was purchased in 1907 via the Papyruskartell, alongside papyri found at Oxyrhynchus, and kept in Kalbfleisch’s private collection in Marburg until 1913.
P. Ross. Georg. 5 6: Part of the private collection of Grigol Zereteli, which derived from three sources: Egyptologist Boris A. Turaev’s purchases in Cairo in 1909 (Turaev was married to Zereteli’s sister Elena); ancient historian Mikhail I. Rostovtzeff’s purchases in Egypt in 1907; and Egyptologist Vladimir Golenishchev, who gifted part of his collection to Zereteli and Turaev before selling it to the Pushkin Museum in 1909–1912 (see Chepel 2018). |
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