4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1592
TM ID	TM 31279
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P. Iand. 2 11: Letter to a “brother” The text on the verso of the sheet (17 x 16 cm) is broken off at the top and on the left side, leaving 17 fragmented lines. The writer mentions a sale between an Epimachos and an Eudaimon, and gives the addressee instructions to deal with a creditor (?) Troilos. The recipient is asked to send a στυλάρι[ο]ν (line 8) to Petros and a λίτρα of something to Demetrios, who are described as τῷ κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Πέτρῳ (line 9) and ἀδελφῷ ζημητριῳ (line 12) respectively. Formulation οἶδεν γὰρ ὁ θέος in line 10. The addressee is greeted as κύριέ μου ἄδελφ(ε) (line 17).
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian onomastics
Date from	300
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Palaeography
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown provenance (Oxyrhynchus?); acquired by the German Papyruskartell in 1906 or 1907. The Papyri Iandanae (P.Iand.), private papyrus collection of philologist Karl Kalbfleisch, member of the Papyruskartell, were assembled in the years 1905–1913 and 1926–1927, and gifted to the Giessen university library by testament in 1953.
Accession number	Giessen, Universitätsbibliothek P. Iand. 35

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