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Artefact ID1684
TM IDTM 32840
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

P. Ross. Georg. 5 8: Letter from Arios to Eudoxios 
This top right fragment (4.2 x 5.2 cm) of a sheet is broken off on the left and at the bottom. The recipient of the letter is addressed as [τῷ] [δεσπ]ώτῃ μου ὡς ἀλης [καὶ ἀγαπητ]ῷ ἀδελφῷ Εὐδωξίῳ (line 1-2). Arios currently appears to be detained, or even imprisoned, and asks Eudoxios for the return of a gold solidus (ὁλοκόττινον, line 5). The verso is blank.

Selection criteriaChristian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from300
Date to499
Dating criteria

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown provenance. 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. 275.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Zereteli, Gregor and Peter Jernstedt. 1935. Papyri Russischer und Georgischer Sammlungen (P. Ross.-Georg.) V. Varia. Tbilisi: Georgisches Museum. 31-32, No. 8.

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. 175.
• O'Callaghan, José. 1963. Cartas cristianas griegas del siglo V. Barcelona: Editorial Balmes. 70-71, No. 10.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, Victor Ghica, 2023, 2024
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, Victor Ghica, 2023, 2024, "Artefact ID 1684", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1684
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