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Artefact ID	1686
TM ID	TM 32696
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P. Strasb. Gr. 3 154, SB 5 8944: Letter to Ammonios This fragment of the bottom part of a letter is concerned with τους Παῦλον τὸν διάκονα (line 1). The recipient (addressed ἄδελφε in line 6) is asked to ensure the exemption of Paulos from a liturgy as ἀπαιτητὴν ἀννώνης (line 3), in order for him to be able to devote himself to his service (for which the description ὅπως εὕρῃ σχο[λὴν] [τῇ] [λε]ιτουρ[γ]είᾳ αὐτοῦ is used, line 7–8). The farewell is written in a second hand (lines 8–10). The verso contains traces of the address.
Selection criteria	Mention of Christian cult officials/institutions, Christian onomastics
Date from	350
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Palaeography; the ed.pr. dated the papyrus to the 4th/5th c., Naldini 1968 and Pernigotti 1998 to the second half of the 4th c.
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown provenance; Pernigoti 1998 explores a possible origin and destination for the letter in Karanis and Bakchias.
Accession number	Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale P. gr. 1258

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Schwartz, Jacques. 1939. “Papyrus Grecs de la Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg (suite).” Bulletin de la Faculté des Lettres de Strasbourg 17. 266-273: 273, No. 154.
• Schwartz, Jacques. 1948. Papyrus Grecs de la Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg. Paris: Société d’Edition – Les Belles Lettres. 36-37, No. 154.

Additional bibliography
• Bilabel, Friedrich. 1950. Sammelband Griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Fünfter Band. Drittes Heft. (Nr. 8245–8963). (SB 5). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 364, No. 8944.
• Cadell, Hélène. 1973. “Le renouvellement du vocabulaire au IVe siècle de notre ère d'après les papyrus.” Akten des XIII. Internationalen Papyrologenkongresses. Marburg/Lahn, 2. bis 6. August 1971, edited by Emil Kiessling and Hans-Albert Rupprecht. Münchener Beiträge zur Papyrusforschung und Antiken Rechtsgeschichte 66. München: C. H. Beck. 61-68: 68.
• Choat, Malcolm. 2006. Belief and Cult in Fourth-Century Papyri. Studia Antiqua Australiensia 1. Turnhout: Brepols. 163. [listed]
• Naldini, Mario. 1968. Il Cristianesimo in Egitto. Lettere private nei papiri dei secoli II-IV. Firenze: Le Monnier. 342-344, No. 88.
• O'Callaghan, José. 1963. Cartas cristianas griegas del siglo V. Barcelona: Editorial Balmes. 84-85, No. 14.
• Pernigotti, Sergio. 1998. “Una testimonianza del Cristianesimo a Bakchias?” Studi di Egittologia e di Antichità Puniche (SEAP) 17: 21-25.

Authors

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023

Suggested citation

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1686", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1686

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