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Artefact ID1356
TM IDTM 33498
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

P.Laur. I 18: Order for delivery of wine.

Letter containing instructions from one boethos to another for the delivery of wine.

The hand is a large and fast cursive running along the fibres; indentations in the prescript and final valedictio formula; three staurograms: one preceding the valedictio formula, one preceding the address at the end, and one in the middle of the lower section of the sheet.

Selection criteriaChristian symbols/gestures/isopsephy
Date from375
Date to425
Dating criteria

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana PL 17

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Pintaudi, Rosario. 1976. Dai Papiri della Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana I. Florence, no. 18. 

Additional bibliography

• Choat, Malcolm. 2006. Belief and Cult in Fourth-Century Papyri. Turnhout, 117.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1356", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1356
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