Artefact ID | 1269 |
TM ID | TM 33102 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 41 (Kūm Awšīm) | Class | Textual |
Material | Papyrus |
Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
Text content | Documentary |
Language | Greek |
Description | SB VI 9436 j: Receipt of payment in kind. This document records the payment of several instalments of grain in a 9th indiction. Issued by Heras, son of Heron (same tax-payer as in SB VI 9436 b and SB VI 9436 n). Initial Christian symbols and cryptograms: cross, ΧΜΓ and ϙθ (= 99 = amen). |
Selection criteria | Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy |
Date from | 400 |
Date to | 499 |
Dating criteria | Dated 4th c. in ed. pr., but this was questioned by Sijpesteijn 1986: 118 and then Gascou 1994: 46 who both suggested a date in the 5th c. (a date accepted in the Michigan/APIS catalogue) |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | |
Accession number | Returned to Cairo. Previously: Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P.Mich.inv. 2818 b |