| Artefact ID | 1261 |
| TM ID | TM 21750 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 28 (al-Bahnasā) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
| Text content | Documentary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | P.Oxy. VIII 1133: Receipt Receipt for the price of some fruit sold by Iohannes son of Sarmates, fruit-gardener living at the village of Nesus Limenius, to Aur. Artemidorus son of Calopus, fruit-seller in the city of Oxyrhynchos. An acknowledgement of debt had previously been made by the latter at the time of the sale, but this could not now be found and handed back to him, and therefore the present document (apoche) was drawn up releasing him from further obligations in the matter. After the signature of Iohannes written by his hypographeus is a notarial subscription followed by a staurogram (Diethart and Worp 1986: 77 = BL VIII 241) – one of the earliest securely dated documents showing a Christian symbol in a legal text. Verso: title of the document. |
| Selection criteria | Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy |
| Date from | 396 |
| Date to | 396 |
| Dating criteria | Dated to the post-consulship of Olybrius and Probinus, Phamenoth 28 = March 24, 396. |
| Absolute/relative date | Absolute date |
| Archaeological context | - |
| Accession number | Cambridge, University Library Add. Ms. 5898 |
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