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Artefact ID1718
TM IDTM 32911
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

P.Berl. 16010, SB 5 8003: Letter from Paniskos to Ammonios 
This top part of a sheet (19 x 22.5 cm) contains a letter from Paniskos (who titles himself ὁ πατὴρ) to Ammonios addressed as κυρίῳ μου ποθινοτάτῳ υἱῷ (line 1). The phrasing τοῦ κρέιττονος καὶ τῆς προνοίας (line 3) suggests a Christian milieu, but does not confirm it. Lines 6–7 read ὁ θεὸς ἤνεγκεν εἰς φῶς αὐτό. The sheet is broken off at the end. Two lines are written along the left margin, the verso contains the address.

Selection criteriaChristian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown provenance. Purchased by papyrologist Friedrich Zucker in Theadelpheia (Ḫarabat Ihrīt) in 1910.

Accession number

Berlin, Staatliche Museen, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung P. 16010

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Visser, Elizabeth. 1935. “Briefe und Urkunden aus der Berliner Papyrussammlung.” Aegyptus 15. 267-276: 269-271.

Additional bibliography
• Choat, Malcolm. 2006. Belief and Cult in Fourth-Century Papyri. Studia Antiqua Australiensia 1. Turnhout: Brepols. 85n355.
• Bilabel, Friedrich. 1938. Sammelband Griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Fünfter Band. Zweites Heft. (Nr. 7655–8244). (SB 5). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 154-155, No. 8003.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1718", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1718
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