4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1620
TM ID	TM 31915
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	28 (al-Bahnasā)
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P.Oxy. LV 3814, P.Oxy. 55 3814: Letter from Theodoros to Apollonios In this letter (12 x 25 cm) from one magistrate to another, Theodoros reassures Apollonios, who had written him regarding the recruitment of men to work as carpenters on Trajan’s Canal (τὸν Τραϊανὸν ποταμόν, line 15), worried that it would include his dependents. He promises to send Apollonios the list of intended nominees, which a Dioskoros, who has arrived that evening, knows of. Theodoros also wishes him good health, since he is suffering from an ailment. Line 25 contains the formulation σὺν θεῷ.
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian onomastics
Date from	200
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Palaeography
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Found in al-Bahnasā (Oxyrhynchos) during the excavations of Bernard Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt between 1896 and 1907.
Accession number	Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms P. Oxy. 3814

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