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Artefact ID1689
TM IDTM 32571
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

P. Wash. Univ. 1 34: Letter or complaint 
This left-hand fragment (9.9 x 12 cm) of a papyrus sheet contains the beginning of 10 lines, from the middle of document. Line 6 features the phrase οἶδεν γὰρ ὁ θεὸς ὅ[τι]. The ed.pr. points out the use of the terms περιλαμβάνεισκ[…] (line 3) and ἐκράτησεν (line 4) as an indication of use of force.

Selection criteriaChristian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from300
Date to499
Dating criteria

Palaeography; the ed.pr. compares the writing to BGU 4 1044 (~348–359 CE).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

The papyrus collection at Washington University was sent there by William Matthew Flinders Petrie in the 1920s, in return for aiding his excavations at Oxyrhynchus.

Accession number

St Louis, Washington University 39

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Schuman, Verne Brinson. 1980. Washington Papyri I: Non-Literary Texts (Nos. 1-61). Chico, CA: Scholars Press. 47, No. 34.

Additional bibliography
• Choat, Malcolm. 2006. Belief and Cult in Fourth-Century Papyri. Studia Antiqua Australiensia 1. Turnhout: Brepols. 171. [listed]
• Maresch, Klaus and Zola M. Packman. 1990. “Additions and Corrections to P.Wash.Univ. I.” In Papyri from the Washington University Collection, St. Louis, Missouri. Part II (P. Wash. Univ. II). Papyrologica Coloniensia XVIII. Opladen: Springer. 239-246: 243.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1689", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1689
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