| Artefact ID | 1191 |
| TM ID | TM 61405 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
| Material | Wood |
| Writing medium | Tablet |
| Text content | Subliterary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | P.Schøyen I 11 (P.Schoyen I 11) Wooden tablet (37.5 x 14 cm) written with ink on both sides, one by a teacher and the other one by a student. One hole and marks of ancient binding show that the tablet was part of a schoolbook which would have contained more pages at the time of use. On side one: Teacher's hand, extra-large, capable, informal sloping letters with prominent ornamental circlets and roundels. The letters are often ligatured and some are made cursively. He has copied part of Isocrates, Ad Demonicum 9, with words divided into syllables. Some words are also separated by strokes: a model for reading, followed by the date. On the other side: Learning hand ("Alphabetic" Cribiore) even if elaborate and serifed. The first letters are more careful, but then the hand deteriorates. The student has copied, probably from a model, a maxim of Menander (Jaekel Pap. II and VIII), but he changed the original phrasing by replacing "theou" with "Christou". The copy is signed by the pupil. |
| Selection criteria | Christian terms/formulas/concepts |
| Date from | 350 |
| Date to | 449 |
| Dating criteria | Dated to 7th c. in ed. pr. but reassigned to 4/5th c. in ref. ed. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | - |
| Accession number | Oslo, Private collection Schøyen MS 1359 (previously Baarn, Private collection Moen 78). |
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