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Artefact ID1404
TM IDTM 33058
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

P.Stras. I 26: Letter

Complete sheet of papyrus, washed off from previous use, preserving a letter addressed to "my Lord father Hatres, priest", from  Heraklammon, clarissimus. No greetings after the address, Heraklammon instructs Hatres to pay him with the 2 solidi he owes and give them to Hermes. The deed of sale will be provided by Phoibammon, the son of Papnouthios. Final greetings in a different hand.

Recto: text is written along the fibres; indentations. Verso: address written along the fibres.

Selection criteriaMention of Christian cult officials/institutions
Date from350
Date to450
Dating criteria

Palaeography and structure. Dated 4th c. in ed.pr. Arjava 1991: 24 suggested that palaeography also allows a date in 5th c. (= BL X, 254) but Fournet 2009: 26 keeps 4th c.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale P. gr. 585

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Preisigke, Friedrich. 1912. Griechische Papyrus der Kaiserlichen Universitäts- und Landes-bibliothek zu Strassburg. Leipzig, no. 12 with pl. 6.

Additional bibliography

• Arjava, Antti. 1991. "Zum Gebrauch der griechischen Rangprädikate des Senatorenstandes in den Papyri und Inschriften." Tyche 6, 17-35.

• Fournet, Jean-Luc. 2009. "Esquisse d'une anatomie de la lettre antique tardive d'après les papyrus." In Correspondances. Documents pour l'histoire de l'Antiquité tardive, edited by R. Delmaire, J. Desmulliez et P.-L. Gatier. Collection de la Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée 40, Série littéraire et philosophique 13. Paris, 23-66.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1404", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1404
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