4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1729
TM ID	TM 32945
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P. Yale inv. 413, SB 14 11857: Pledge witnessed by presbyteros Aurelius Heraclius This bottom left fragment (8 x 8 cm) of a larger sheet contained a pledge (ὑποθήκη) or agreement (ὁμολογία): should Athanasius’ wares (τὰ εἴδη Ἀθανασίου, line 4–5) not be returned within the year, the other party may stay in possession of the book given as a pledge. Αὐρήλιος Ἡράκλειος πρ(εσβύτερος) (line 9–10) acts as the witness for this document, the same Aurelius Heraclius from P. Yale inv. 1318. The verso is blank.
Selection criteria	Mention of Christian cult officials/institutions
Date from	300
Date to	499
Dating criteria	Palaeography. The last line dates the document to the 14th indiction.
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown provenance; part of the 1931a acquisition containing P. Yale inv. 296-971. Purchased by Michael I. Rostovtzeff and Charles B. Welles in Cairo from Maurice Nahman in January/February 1931, with funds donated by Edward Stephen Harkness and Horatio McLeod Reynolds. Arrival in Yale on 24.06.1931.
Accession number	New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Library P. CtYBR 413

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