4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1593
TM ID	TM 33275
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P. Iand. 2 14: Letter from Psois to his mother In this strongly fragmented top part of a letter (9 x 8 cm), Psois prays to God for the health of the recipient, his mother ([εὔ]χομαι τῷ ἐν ὑψίσ[τ]ῳ θεῷ περὶ [τῆς] ὁλοκληρίας σου, lines 3-4). He describes his stay at the home of Lykos for five days, where his mother had told him to go. The verso contains the name of the sender, Psois.
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts
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. 77

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