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Artefact ID1605
TM IDTM 33511
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

P. Laur. 4 190: Letter from Kalosiris to Dionysios 
This right side of a sheet (15 x 17.3 cm) has an intact top and right border, but only lines 3-5 contain the beginning of the line. Not much of the letter’s contents can be reconstructed. Kalosiris calls Dionysios [κ]υρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ (line 1), and greets him ἐν κ(υρί)ῳ (line 2, 14). The letter then proceeds to mention a Makarios ὁ συμπρεσββύτερος (line 3), and ends with κ[ύριε ἀ]δ[ελ]φέ (line 16).

Selection criteriaMention of Christian cult officials/institutions, Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian onomastics, Nomina sacra
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography; the ed.pr. compares the writing to P. Merton II 93, which is dated to the same timeframe as PSI X 1161.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown provenance

Accession number

Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana PL III 425

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Pintaudi, Rosario. 1983. Dai Papiri della Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (PLaur. IV). Papyrologica Florentina XII. Firenze: Edizioni Gonnelli. 137-138, No. 190.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1605", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1605
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