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Artefact ID1087
TM IDTM 15422
Findspot (DEChriM ID)62   (Ihnāsiyā al-Madīna)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

P.Rain.Cent. 86; SPP XX 103: Loan of money with interest in kind.

Parts of an agreement between Aur. Kephalon son of Theodoros, deacon of the catholic church (katholike ekklesia), from the village of Taamorou in the Herakleopolites nome, and Aur. Leontios, from Herakleopolis. According to this contract, Kephalon has borrowed 5 gold solidi from Leontios and will pay him interest in bundles of tow every month.

Recto: Large, upright cursive hand running along fibres.

Verso: docket; writing runs across the fibres

Selection criteriaMention of Christian cult officials/institutions
Date from381
Date to381
Dating criteria

Consulate of Fl. Eucherius and Fl. Syagrius, Phamenoth 1st (= February 25, 381).

Absolute/relative dateAbsolute date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

Vienna, Nationalbibliothek G 2102 + G 25201

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference edition

Worp, Klaas. 1983. Festschrift zum 100-jährigen Bestehen der Papyrussammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, Papyrus Erzherzog Rainer. Vienna, no. 86, with pl. 86.

Editio princeps

Wessely, Carl. 1921. Studien zur Palaeographie und Papyruskunde, XX, Catalogus Papyrorum Raineri. Series Graeca. Pars I. Leipzig, no. 103.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1087", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1087
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