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Artefact ID	1723
TM ID	TM 32557
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	PSI 7 831, SB 12 10840: Letter from Euthalios and Mike to their mother Syraina A vertical strip is missing at the left border of this sheet (12 x 26 cm), a letter addressed to κυρί[α ᾑμ]ῶ(ν) μητηρ Συραιν[α] (line 1). Euthalios and his sister Mike relay their well-wishes παρὰ το(ῦ) κυ(ρίου) θε(οῦ) (line 4–5). Greetings are relayed from Nonna, Silvana, Annoutis, Theonilla and Ischyrion, and greetings are sent to Apion (?) and the overseer with his wife and children. A Kala[…] is mentioned, who seems to have lost his child. Euthalios and his son Dorotheos are praying for Syraina, and greet Euthalios’ father. Since the letter is dated 1 Pharmouthi (27 March), Rea 1970 proposes the festival and fast mentioned in line 6 (τῆς ἱορτῆς) and line 9 (τὴν λύσην τῆς νησίας) refer to Easter and Lent.
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian onomastics, Nomina sacra
Date from	300
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Palaeography; dated to the 5th/6th c. in the ed.pr., to the 4th c. by Rea 1970.
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown provenance
Accession number	Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana 18752

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference edition
• Rea, John Rowland. 1970. “Two Christian Letters: PSI VII 831 and VIII 972.” Chronique d'Égypte (CdE) 45. 357-377: 357-363.

Editio princeps
• Vitelli, Girolamo. 1925. Papiri Greci e Latini. Volume Settimo. N. 731–870. (PSI 7). Firenze: E. Ariani. No. 831.

Additional bibliography
• Bagnall, Roger S. and Raffaella Cribiore. 2006. Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC–AD 800. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. 385.
• Bagnall, Roger S. and Raffaella Cribiore. 2008. Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC–AD 800. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. B10.5. [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb90014.0001.001]
• Choat, Malcolm. 2006. Belief and Cult in Fourth-Century Papyri. Studia Antiqua Australiensia 1. Turnhout: Brepols. 109n497, 120n545.
• Hengstl, Joachim. 1978. Griechische Papyri aus Ägypten als Zeugen des privaten und öffentlichen Lebens. Griechisch–deutsch. München: Heimeran. 217-219, No. 86.
• Horsley, Gregory H. R. 1981. New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity. Volume 1. A Review of the Greek Inscriptions and Papyri Published in 1976. Macquarie University: The Ancient History Documentary Research Centre. 132-133, §84.
• O'Callaghan, José. 1963. Cartas cristianas griegas del siglo V. Barcelona: Editorial Balmes. 193-196, No. 58.
• Rupprecht, Hans-Albert. 1976. Sammelband Griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Zwölfter Band. Erstes Heft. (Nr. 10764–11011). (SB 12). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 30, No. 10840.

Authors

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023

Suggested citation

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1723", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1723

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