4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1561
TM ID	TM 32647
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	23 (al-Šayḫ ʿIbāda)
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P. Ant. 3 192: Letter to Herakleides This business letter (11 x 16 cm) from an unnamed writer contains 18 lines on the recto, broken off on the right side, making understanding the exact content difficult. The writer greets the addressee Herakleides as ἀγαπητῷ ἀδελφῷ […] ἐν Κ(υρί)ῳ, and makes mention of an ἀδελφή Maria (l. 4) and a Gaianos (l. 8), as well as both Antinoopolis and Hermoupolis (l. 13). The verso contains the address, to be given τῷ ἀδελφῷ.
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian onomastics
Date from	300
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Palaeography (?)
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Excavations at al-Šayḫ ʿIbāda (Sheikh Abâda, ancient Antinoopolis), by John de Monins Johnson in Winter 1913/1914, funded by the Egypt Exploration Fund.
Accession number	Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms P. Ant. 192

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