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Artefact ID	1683
TM ID	TM 32838
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P. Ross. Georg. 5 6, P. Iand. 2 13, P.Iand.inv. 32: Letter from Eulogios to his son Philoxenos This left side of a sheet (26.7 x 10 cm) is made up of two fragments, a top (12.7 x 9.5 cm, P. Ross. Georg. 5 6, formerly in St. Petersburg), and a bottom (14 x 10 cm, P. Iand. 2 13, formerly in Marburg); the entire right portion of the papyrus (the width of which is unclear) remains extant. The father inquires about his son’s whereabouts and asks him to finally respond to his letters. The phrasing [σώματι] καὶ ψυχῇ is used in line 6–7 (similar to P.Oxy. VIII 1161), and greetings are relayed to πάντες οἱ ἀδελφοί (line 28). The ed.pr. points out similarities to BGU II 530, also a letter from father to son. The last line of the letter is written along the left border, and the verso contains the address. Nomina sacra: Θ(εο)ς (line 33)
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Nomina sacra
Date from	300
Date to	425
Dating criteria	Palaeography
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown provenance (Oxyrhynchus?).   P. Iand. 2 13: The Papyri Iandanae (P.Iand.), private papyrus collection of philologist Karl Kalbfleisch, member of the Papyruskartell, were assembled in the years 1905–1913 and 1926–1927, and gifted to the Giessen university library by testament in 1953. P. Iand. 2 13 was purchased in 1907 via the Papyruskartell, alongside papyri found at Oxyrhynchus, and kept in Kalbfleisch’s private collection in Marburg until 1913.  P. Ross. Georg. 5 6: Part of the private collection of Grigol Zereteli, which derived from three sources: Egyptologist Boris A. Turaev’s purchases in Cairo in 1909 (Turaev was married to Zereteli’s sister Elena); ancient historian Mikhail I. Rostovtzeff’s purchases in Egypt in 1907; and Egyptologist Vladimir Golenishchev, who gifted part of his collection to Zereteli and Turaev before selling it to the Pushkin Museum in 1909–1912 (see Chepel 2018).
Accession number	Tbilisi, Korneli Kekelidze Georgian National Centre of Manuscripts, No. 273; Giessen, Universitätsbibliothek P. Iand. 32.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference edition
• Zereteli, Gregor and Peter Jernstedt. 1935. Papyri Russischer und Georgischer Sammlungen (P. Ross.-Georg.) V. Varia. Tbilisi: Georgisches Museum. 23-30, No. 6.
Editio princeps
• Eisner, Leonhard. 1913. Papyri Iandanae. Fasciculus Secundus. Epistulae Privatae Graecae. Leipzig: Teubner. 51-54, No. 13. Tab. VI.
Additional bibliography
• Chepel, Elena. 2018. “P.Tbilisi inv. 344v: Extract from Memphite Land Register.” Tyche. Beiträge zur Alten Geschichte, Papyrologie und Epigraphik 33. 43-48: 44-45. [on Zereteli’s private collection]
• Choat, Malcolm. 2006. Belief and Cult in Fourth-Century Papyri. Studia Antiqua Australiensia 1. Turnhout: Brepols. 167. [listed]
• Hagedorn, Dieter. 1974. “O. Edfu 306 = Pack² 2447: Ein Privatbrief?” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik (ZPE) 13. 110-111: 111. [on τάχιον]
• Horn, Robert Chisolm. 1926. The Use of the Subjunctive and Optative Moods in the Non-Literary Papyri [Diss.], Philadelphia. 154.
• Stanton, Greg R. 1988 “Τέκνον, παῖς and related words in Koine Greek.” In Proceedings of the XVIII International Congress of Papyrology. Athens 25–31 May 1986. Volume 1, edited by Basil G. Mandilaras. Athens: Greek Papyrological Society. 463-480: 463. [on τέκνον]
• Wilcken, Ulrich. 1913. “Papyrus-Urkunden.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung (AfP) 6. 268-301: 295.

Authors

Victoria G. D. Landau, Victor Ghica, 2023, 2024

Suggested citation

Victoria G. D. Landau, Victor Ghica, 2023, 2024, "Artefact ID 1683", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1683

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TM 32838 DDbDP (PN) HGV Papyrus Portal – Giessen

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