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Artefact ID1711
TM IDTM 32991
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

SB XVIII 13913: Account of an οἰκόδομος 
Account (9.5 x 5.6 cm) of a builder (οἰκόδομος, line 1) recording money payments in talents made by various individuals, such as a Horos διακώνου (line 1–2) and a Tourbon. Θεοδώρου πρ(εσβυτέρου) (line 4, 11–12), is the only one introduced by διά rather than παρὰ; the ed.pr. presumes Theodoros paid on behalf of someone else. He also appears to have been a landowner, since Horos in line 11–12 is described as γεωργός of Theodoros. A first reading by Harold I. Bell had assumed the use of the word βίλλα at the end of line 2, for the latin villa, which is otherwise only attested in P.Lond. II 481, a Latin-Greek glossary. Husson 1985 has reread the word as [κ]έλλας.

Selection criteriaMention of Christian cult officials/institutions, Christian onomastics
Date from325
Date to375
Dating criteria

Palaeography; the calculation of money in (δηναρίων) (μυριάδας) further indicates a mid-4th c. dating for the ed.pr.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown provenance; acquired by Bernard P. Grenfell in May 1920, alongside P.Lond. inv. 2103–2239.

Accession number

London, British Library Pap 2148

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Husson, Geneviève. 1985. “ΒΙΛΛΑ est-il attesté dans le P.Lond.inv.2148?” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik (ZPE) 61: 63-67. Tafel IIc.

Additional bibliography
• Rupprecht, Hans-Albert and Joachim Hengstl. 1993. Sammelband Griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Achtzehnter Band. (Nr. 13085–14068). (SB 18). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 400, No. 13913.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1711", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1711
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