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Artefact ID1594
TM IDTM 32789
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

P. Iand. 6 100: Letter from Besodoros/Bessemios (?) to Zoilos, Valerios and other monks 
This top part of a letter (14 x 14 cm) has been separated into two pieces where the sheet had been folded vertically. The verso is blank. Besodoros/Bessemios greets a number of individuals, the πατέρες Zoilos and Valerios, the ἀδελφοι Herakleides, Paesis and Hatres, as well as Aron, Mariam, Tamounis and τοῦς ἀδελφοὺς πά[ντας] τοὺς ἐν τῷ μοναστήριῳ (line 6-7). He prays for their health (line 4-5). The writer reports on the objects he has been given by πατήρ Zoilos to sell, which has not been going well, and notes his displeasure at not having heard from him. This papyrus contains an early mention of a μοναστήριον, a term found in much later documents.

Selection criteriaMention of Christian cult officials/institutions, Mention of Christian individuals/communities, Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian onomastics
Date from350
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography; the ed.pr. compares the hand to P.Grenf. 2 80 (04.08.402 CE), as well as hands in the 3rd c. Heroninos archive, such as Ninnos (P. Flor. 2 212 and P. Flor. 2 213).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Purchased by Carl Schmidt in Madīnat al-Fayyūm in 1926. The Papyri Iandanae (P.Iand.), private papyrus collection of philologist Karl Kalbfleisch, member of the German 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. 260

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Rosenberger, Grete. 1934. Papyri Iandanae. Fasciculus Sextus. Griechische Privatbriefe. Leipzig/Berlin: Teubner. 240-241, No. 100.

Additional bibliography
• Boswinkel, Ernst, Pieter W. Pestman, and Hans-Albert Rupprecht. 1976. Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI. Leiden: Brill. 57.
• David, Martin, Bernhard A. van Groningen, and Emil Kiessling. 1958. Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III. Leiden: Brill. 87.
• Naldini, Mario. 1968. Il Cristianesimo in Egitto. Lettere private nei papiri dei secoli II-IV. Firenze: Le Monnier. 333-334, No. 87.
• Schmidt, Karl Fr. W. 1934. "Rosenberger, Grete, Griechische Privatbriefe (Pap. Jandanae VI)." Philologische Wochenschrift (PhilWoch) 54. coll. 1341-1344: 1343.
• Schubart, Wilhelm. 1934. ”Review. Grete Rosenberger: Griechische Privatbriefe”. Gnomon 10: 612–614.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1594", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1594
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