4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1640
TM ID	TM 21805
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	28 (al-Bahnasā)
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P.Oxy. X 1298, P.Oxy. 10 1298: Letter from Ammon to Gonatas The author of this nearly-intact square letter (11.1 x 11.5 cm), Ammon, relays that he has recently been inappropriately treated when conducting business with wine. A certain Gounthos, and a Kastor son of Damostratos, the superintendent of wine, were involved in the altercation. The wine to be delivered had been intended for Ammon, Troilos and Dios. Ammon wishes his addressee Gonatas well τῷ κυρίω θεῷ (line 4). The recto contains the address, in which Gonatas is addressed as [τῷ κ]υρίῳ ἀδελφῷ (line 20). Gonatas also figures as the recipient of P.Horak 19 (dated to the early 4th c.).
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from	300
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. Purchased by the Saint Louis Art Museum from the Egypt Exploration Society in 1922.
Accession number	St Louis, Art Museum 371.23

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