4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1658
TM ID	TM 33724
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	28 (al-Bahnasā)
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P.Oxy. XLVIII 3418, P.Oxy. 48 3418: Letter Both sender and recipient of this letter (7 x 14 cm) are unknown due to the top of the sheet missing. The remaining visible 12 lines are the end of the letter. It has been assigned to the Archive of Papnouthis and Dorotheos, either of whose hand it could be written in. The writer promises to come to the city (presumably Oxyrhynchus) on the first of the month, God willing (Θεοῦ γὰρ θέλοντος, line 7). The verso is blank.
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from	330
Date to	385
Dating criteria	Archive context: Part of the Archive of Papnouthis and Dorotheos (TM Archive ID 172), ranged between 330 and 385 CE. The archive contains P.Oxy. XLVIII 3384–3429.
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 44 5B 60/C(4-5)a

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