| Artefact ID | 989 |
| TM ID | TM 32376 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
| Text content | Documentary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | P.Haun. II 20: Fragments of a letter Two joining fragments of a sheet in poor condition preserving the top of a letter from Pares to his "lord and brother Papios", praying to God for his health. The object of the letter concerns the buying of spices and medicinal herbs in such a quantity that the ed. suggests he might have been an apothecary. The letter is written along the fibres in a large and careless, slightly leaning to the right handwriting. There is one line written in the left margin. The address of the letter is written along the fibres, between two columns of an account. On the back of the letter, is an account (unedited) mentioning nomismatia and 7th, 8th, 9th indictions; it is written across the fibres. According to the ed., the account was bigger than the letter (of which left/right/top margins are preserved) and must have been written first. |
| Selection criteria | Christian terms/formulas/concepts |
| Date from | 325 |
| Date to | 499 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeographically dated to 4/5th c. in ed. pr. Mention of 7-9th indiction years in the account set a terminus post quem in 318, while the use of "nomismatia" in the account pushes to c. 325 at the earliest (VS). |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | - |
| Accession number | Copenhagen, Carlsberg Papyrus Collection, P.Haun. 235 b + P.Haun. 235 d |
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