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Artefact ID1393
TM IDTM 64613
Findspot (DEChriM ID)30   (al-Ašmūnayn)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

P.Rain.Unterricht 47: School text with drawings.

Sheet of papyrus with writings on both sides, comprising different texts written each time after the papyrus was turned 90°. The texts are sparse experimentations of different styles of scripts and crosses: simple crosses, staurograms and magical crosses (with a little circle at every extremity) and names (with status designation, patronym and title with abbreviation) – probably in the context of some kind of business or professional education.

At the bottom side of the sheet, drawing including circles; on the verso, two more crosses and the beginning of the status designation Aurel--.

Selection criteriaChristian symbols/gestures/isopsephy
Date from350
Date to499
Dating criteria

Dated 4/5th in ed. pr.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

Vienna, Nationalbibliothek G 17744

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Harrauer, Hermann and Sijpesteijn, Pieter J. 1985. Neue Texte aus dem antiken Unterricht. MPER XV. Vienna, no. 47. 

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1393", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1393
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