4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1632
TM ID	TM 78595
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	28 (al-Bahnasā)
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P.Oxy. LXV 4493, P.Oxy. 65 4493: Letter from Horion to Thaesis The sheet (13.8 x 26.2 cm) is complete save for a hole near the top right corner. Thaesis is addressed as μου μητρὶ, and Horion sends greetings to his sister. The ed.pr. remarks that due to the hole, the letter may have been jointly addressed to Thaesis and a Herakleides (?). Horion asks his mother to oversee Artemidoros and to petition the λογίστης if necessary with regards to bakers and a Dionysidoros. He further instructs her not to sell any chickens until he arrives. Horion signs the address as κλειβ(ανέως), baker or pastry-cook, a combination of name and profession which also occurs in P.Oxy. VIII 1142. The phrase παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ θε(ῷ) (line 4-5) is used.
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from	300
Date to	350
Dating criteria	Palaeography; the ed.pr. further remarks that mention of the λογίστης (line 12, 19) indicates the letter was written no earlier than the 4th century.
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. 4493

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