4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1580
TM ID	TM 22119
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P. Giss. Univ. 3 30: Letter from Melas to his father Nikammon The document (25 x 13 cm) begins (εὔχομαι τ[ῷ θ]εῷ) and ends (ὁ θ(εὸ)ς ἐθέλῆ) with a Christian formula. In the letter, son Melas informs his father about a looming judicial threat: despite the assistance of a Dionysios, a certain Kornelis has been fined 300 talents, and now intends to implicate Melas’ father. There is also mention of a Demetrios, a Sarapion and a Syriakos. The verso states that the letter is addressed to Nikammon (son) of Demetrios. Of the 28 lines of the recto, 15 were transcribed in the ed.pr. The beginnings of lines 1–4 and 16–23 are broken off.
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from	200
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Palaeography; the ed.pr. places the hand in the 3rd/4th c. Naldini 1968 places the hand in the 3rd c. but points out the monetary values used in lines 7–8 correspond to the 4th c.
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown provenance; brought to Giessen as part of two purchases in Madīnat al-Fayyūm in 1928, organized by Coptologist Carl Schmidt.
Accession number	Giessen, Universitätsbibliothek P. Giss. Bibl. 283

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