| Artefact ID | 530 |
| TM ID | TM 33563 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 55 (Qarāra) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
| Text content | Documentary |
| Language | Greek |
| Archive/Dossier | Archive |
| Description | P.Neph. 10: Letter from Horion to Nepheros. The letter opens on "greetings in Lord God" and prayers to God Almighty (εὔχομαι τῷ παντο|κράτορι θεῷ) for Nepheros's good health. The main object of the letter concerns the gratitude Horion expresses for Nepheros' intercessory prayers that made him well, and the confidence that they will allow him to be able to come back home. Finally, he offers his service and greets the community.
Recto: written in an upright cursive hand, somewhat stylish, with careful layout; pretence to a certain degree of education (use of optative, although incorrect; distinctively correct form of γιγνώσκω; apostrophe marking an uninflected Coptic name (l. 23); Greek ending to the name Nepheros (l. 1)); on the other hand the script shows various defaults in spelling. Nomina sacra abbreviated in the greeting formula but written in full in the text. It is possible that P.Neph. 14 is also from the same Horion. Writing runs parallel with the fibres. Verso: address, parallel with the fibres. |
| Selection criteria | Mention of Christian cult officials/institutions, Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Nomina sacra |
| Date from | 350 |
| Date to | 370 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography, archive connection and historic context led the editors to suggest a range of date around 360 for the Nepheros correspondence (Kramer and Shelton 1987: 5). According to the study of the prices mentioned in the archive, Bagnall 1989: 75 (= BL IX, 173) suggests a range after 352. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | The P.Neph. papyri were bought on the market but according to the seller they were all found together. Nothing in the archive led the editors to doubt this statement and they add that the archive were probably found in the direct vicinity of the ancient location of the monastery of Phathor (see Kramer and Shelton 1987: 5). |
| Accession number | Trier, University Library, P.UB Trier S 073-19 |
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