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Artefact ID994
TM IDTM 22370
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Archive/DossierArchive
Description

P.Lips. I 60: Acknowledgement of receipt

Aurelios Mikalos and the nun Aurelia Didyme (aeiparthenos), both children of Aphthonios former town councillor of the city of Panopolis, confirm to Flavios Isidoros, official of the Thebaid officium that they have received entagia in relation with the activity of their deceased father, who had been collector of the vestis militaris tax and had provided 59 pieces of clothing. The end is missing.

This document contains the first attestation dated of an aeiparthenos. Other "ever-virgins" are mentioned in P.Lips. I 43 and SB XVI 12620.

Selection criteriaMention of Christian individuals/communities, Christian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from369
Date to371
Dating criteria

Palaeography, content and prosopography: dated before P.Lips I 45 (see introduction of ed. pr.).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

From Upper Egypt; written in Panopolis. Purchased in 1903.

Accession number

Leipzig, Universität 252 (P.Lips. inv. 252)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Mitteis, Ludwig. 1906. Griechische Urkunden der Papyrussammlung zu Leipzig I. Leipzig, no. 60. 

Additional bibliography

• Wipszycka, Ewa. 2009. Moines et communautés monastiques en Egypte. Varsaw, 609.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 994", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/994
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