Artefact ID | 1128 |
TM ID | TM 22215 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 28 (al-Bahnasā) | Class | Textual |
Material | Papyrus |
Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
Text content | Documentary |
Language | Greek |
Description | P.Oxy. XXII 2344: Petition of a bishop. Fragmentary text containing the petition of Dionysios, bishop of the catholic church of Oxyrhynchos addressed to the strategus of the nome Flavius Paeanius concerning the management of an estate and the guardianship of some children, obligations which he wishes to avoid or which he claims a second party has evaded, thrusting the burden on him. Recto: cursive hand running along the fibres. Verso: blank? |
Selection criteria | Mention of Christian cult officials/institutions |
Date from | 351 |
Date to | 352 |
Dating criteria | Dated to 336 in ed. pr. but redated to c. 351/352 (= BL X 148), by R. Cole in P.Oxy. LX 4089 (financial report to the strategus Flavius Paeanius dated to 351). See also Gonis 2006 (= BL XIII157). |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | - |
Accession number | Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms P. Oxy. 2344 |