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Artefact ID	1552
TM ID	TM 32546
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P. Wisc. 2 74: Letter from Kyra and Aia to their brother Aphynchios This family letter (26 x 17 cm) written by sisters Kyra and Aia informs their brother Aphynchios that their mother has died and requests his immediate presence. They further explain they have sent τὸν ἀδελφὼν ἡμῶν Martyrios to escort him home to his sisters, a journey for which they have shouldered the cost. They make sure to greet their sister-in-law, Aphynchios’ wife (Hagedorn 1978 corrects the assumption that ἐλευθέρα is a personal name), and their children, and pray for their brother’s health, before urging him once again to not neglect his duty to his family (a two-line addition, lines 21 and 22). The verso contains the address. There is a κόλλημα 1 cm from the right side of the sheet.
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian onomastics
Date from	350
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Palaeography; the ed.pr. dates it to the 3rd/4th c., while Chapa 1998 believes the occurrence of the names Kyras and Martyrios should be dated to the 4th c.
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown; the Wisconsin collection of 83 papyri was purchased in Egypt in March/April 1920 via Bernard P. Grenfell and Francis W. Kelsey.
Accession number	Madison, University of Wisconsin 71

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Sijpesteijn, Pieter J. 1977. The Wisconsin Papyri II. Zutphen: Terra. 131-133, No. 74. Plate 29.

Additional bibliography
• Bagnall, Roger S. and Raffaella Cribiore. 2006. Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC–AD 800. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. 387-388.
• Chapa, Juan. 1998. Letters of Condolence in Greek Papyri. Papyrologica Florentina (Pap.Flor.) XXIX. Firenze: Edizioni Gonnelli. 143n4.
• Hagedorn, Dieter. 1978. “Lesevorschläge.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik (ZPE) 28. 283-284: 284, No. 10.

Authors

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023

Suggested citation

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1552", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1552

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TM 32546 DDbDP (PN) HGV ACLS Humanities (Bagnall/Cribiore 2008, Recto) ACLS Humanities (Bagnall/Cribiore 2008, Verso)

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