Artefact ID | 1267 |
TM ID | TM 35456 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 41 (Kūm Awšīm) | Class | Textual |
Material | Papyrus |
Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
Text content | Documentary |
Language | Greek |
Description | P.Mert. II 94: Receipt for Corn The receipt records a payment of corn delivered by Didymos, son of Apphou. Cryptogram ΧΜΓ centered at the top of the document and a cross precedes the signature of the collector (hypodektes) Abraam. Large, upright hand and subsequently cancelled by means of intersecting diagonal lines; the text is written across the fibres. |
Selection criteria | Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy |
Date from | 400 |
Date to | 499 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | Acquired in 1924. |
Accession number | Dublin, Chester Beatty Library, P.Merton number unknown |