4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1606
TM ID	TM 33523
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P. Merton 2 93: Letter This sheet (11.5 x 21.5 cm) is the right-hand side of a letter; all margins are complete apart from left one, where a significant portion is broken off. There is also significant damage for the top 10 lines. From the remaining content, it can be gathered that the letter is a addressed to a soldier or a member of the military, possibly from an ecclesiastical sender (as conjectured in the ed.pr.), since the addressee seems to be in trouble and may have asked for advice. A Rufus is mentioned in line 20, a Sozon in line 32. The two last lines, written along the right margin, mention the names Theophilos, Apollonios and Loukias (line 33-34), and contain ἐν κ(υρίῳ) (line 35) for the farewell greeting.
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian onomastics
Date from	300
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Palaeography; the ed.pr. considers the hand to be similar to P. Jews 1927.
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown provenance. Acquired in 1934.
Accession number	Dublin, Chester Beatty Library P. Merton number unknown

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