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Artefact ID	1645
TM ID	TM 33650
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	28 (al-Bahnasā)
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P.Oxy. XII 1495, P.Oxy. 12 1495: Letter from Neilos to Apollonios In this letter (26 x 11.5 cm), Neilos writes his κυρίῳ ἀδελφῷ Apollonios (line 1, verso), and prays for his well-being τῷ κ(υρι)ῷ θ(ε)ῷ (line 4-5). Apollonios is asked to give Zakaon, the pastry-cook (πλακουντᾶς > πλακουντάριος or πλακουντοποιός, line 7) forty talents on Neilos’ account (εἰς λόγον μου, line 7). Neilos may have some troubles due to his ὀφ[ε]ίλεια (indebtedness, line 15). The verso contains the address. Nomina sacra: κω, θω
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Nomina sacra
Date from	300
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Palaeography; Zakaon, the pastry-cook (written as πλακουντᾶς) is also attested in P.Oxy. LXIV 4441 (column 6, line 10), dated to between 315 and 22 February 316 (see Blumell/Wayment 2015).
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	Bangor, University College of North Wales P. Oxy. 1495 (now lost, e.g. Coles 1974)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Grenfell, Bernard P. and Arthur S. Hunt. 1916. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Part XII (P. Oxy. XII). London: Egypt Exploration Fund. 252-253, No. 1495.

Additional bibliography
• Blumell, Lincoln H. 2012. Lettered Christians: Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus. Leiden/Boston: Brill. 302. [listed]
• Blumell, Lincoln H. and Thomas A. Wayment. 2015. Christian Oxyrhynchus: Texts, Documents and Sources. Waco TX: Baylor University Press. 506-509, No. 140.
• Cavassini, Maria Teresa. 1954. “Lettere cristiane nei papiri greci d’Egitto.” Aegyptus 34. 266-282: 268. [listed]
• Choat, Malcolm. 2006. Belief and Cult in Fourth-Century Papyri. Studia Antiqua Australiensia 1. Turnhout: Brepols. 166. [listed]
• Ghedini, Giuseppe. 1923. Lettere Cristiane dai Papiri Greci del III e IV Secolo. Milano: Presso l'amministrazione di Aegyptus e la società editrice Vita e Pensiero. 159-161, No. 21.
• Leclercq, Henri. 1937. "Papyrus." In Dictionnaire d'Archéologie chrétienne et de liturgie (DACL) 13(1), fasc. 144–145, edited by Fernand Cabrol and Henri Leclercq. Paris: Librairie Letouzey & Ané, col. 1370-1520: col. 1425. No. 12.
• Meecham, Henry G. 1923. Light from Ancient Letters: Private Correspondence in the Non-literary Papyri of Oxyrhynchus of the First Four Centuries, and Its Bearing on New Testament Language and Thought. London: George Allen & Unwin. 47, 149.
• Naldini, Mario. 1968. Il Cristianesimo in Egitto. Lettere private nei papiri dei secoli II-IV. Firenze: Le Monnier. 216-218, No. 48.
• Steen, Henry A. 1938. “Les clichés épistolaires dans les lettres sur papyrus grecs.” Classica et Mediaevalia (C&M) 1. 119-176: 159.
• Tibiletti, Giuseppe. 1979. Le lettere private nei papiri greci del III e IV secolo d.C. Tra paganesimo e cristianesimo. Milano: Vita e Pensiero. 19.
• Wessely, Carl. 1924. “Les plus anciens monuments du christianisme II.” Patrologia orientalis 18(3). 394-395, no. J.

Authors

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023

Suggested citation

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1645", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1645

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