| Artefact ID | 1391 |
| TM ID | TM 15308 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
| Text content | Documentary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | P.Prag. I 97: Account of expenditures. Expenditure accounts amounting to total 13.500.000 denarii. The price of meat (1.500.000 denarii for 20 pounds) allows the ed. to date the papyrus to the period of the strong inflation of 350-370. There is a cross in the left margin before the first word. Recto: text written across the fibres; verso is blank. |
| Selection criteria | Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy |
| Date from | 350 |
| Date to | 370 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography and currency after R. Bagnall quoted in ed.pr. "A date in the 350's or 360's would seem to me just about certain. Nothing in the hand would contradict that, I think". |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Unknown provenance. |
| Accession number | Prague, National Library, P.Wessely Prag. Gr. I 29 |
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