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Artefact ID1595
TM IDTM 32791
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

P. Iand. 6 125: Letter from Zoilos to Basianos 
The top of a letter (5 x 11 cm) containing the greeting ἐν κυρίῳ χα[ίρειν] (line 1). The four lines visible are strongly fragmented, missing both their beginning and ends. Possibly regarding the sale of a shirt (καμασίῳ, line 2); mention of a sum of 3 ὁλοκόττινοι (solidi) for 15 unknown objects (line 3).

Selection criteriaChristian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown provenance (mention of Oxyrhynchus?); acquired by the German Papyruskartell from Mohammed Abdallah (based in al-Ašmūnayn) on 05.03.1907. 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. 154

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Rosenberger, Grete. 1934. Papyri Iandanae. Fasciculus Sextus. Griechische Privatbriefe. Leipzig/Berlin: Teubner. 256, No. 125.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1595", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1595
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