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Artefact ID1436
TM IDTM 32544
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

CPR VII 58: Letter from Kyrillos to (Thioseus and) Johannes 
Top part of a letter (14,5 x 7 cm) reminding the addressee(s) of pending taxes. The recipients are assumed to be monks in the ed.pr., reading Apa in line 2 and Ἰ̣ω̣άννῃ ἀδελφῷ in line 3. The name Thioseus is not documented elsewhere, and line 2 (ed.pr.: ἄ̣πα Θιοσ̣εῖ) has been alternatively read as containing ἀπαθῖ (Worp in CPR IX) or Θιθοεῖ (Gascou in BL VIII).

Selection criteriaMention of Christian cult officials/institutions, Christian onomastics
Date from300
Date to499
Dating criteria

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown provenance; no acquisition information. Claimed by ed.pr. to be from the Hermopolites.

Accession number

Vienna, Nationalbibliothek G 13988

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Zilliacus, Henrik, Jaako Frösén, Paavo Hohti et al. 1979. Corpus Papyrorum Raineri VII, Griechische Texte IV. Vienna: Brüder Hollinek. 195-196, No. 58.

Additional bibliography
• Diethart, Johannes M. 1984. Corpus Papyrorum Raineri IX, Griechische Texte VI. Vienna: Brüder Hollinek. 9.
• Pestman, Pieter W., Hans-Albert Rupprecht and Francisca A. J. Hoogendijk. 1992. Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII. Leiden/New York/Köln: Brill. 114.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1436", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1436
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