4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1572
TM ID	TM 32153
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P. Palau Rib. 37; SB 10 10656; SB 16 12286: Letter The letter is made up of P. Palau Rib. inv. 17 (Fragment a, 8 x 6.2 cm) and P. Palau Rib. inv. 272 (Fragment b, 4.5 x 6.9 cm), which was later identified as a joint fragment to the first. It is unclear which of the two fragments preceded the other, but they were certainly on top of one another (Fragment a contains a greeting formula at the end, potentially an indicator of it coming first). Both fragments are practically complete on the right, missing a few letters on the left. It is unknown how large the original sheet had been to the top and bottom. On the verso of Fragment a, there are two lines by a different hand, written perpendicular to the recto. The letter’s content is quite unclear, including an insisting request for wine and demanding supplies from the countryside. The formulation ἄδελφε [ἐν] ἀγάπῃ is used in lines 4–5 of Fragment a.
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from	250
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Palaeography; Daris dates it to the 4th c. in the ed.pr., then to the second half of the 3rd or the beginning of the 4th c. in Daris 1995.
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown provenance
Accession number	Barcelona, Palau-Ribes 17 + 272

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