Artefact ID | 1688 |
TM ID | TM 30254 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
Material | Papyrus |
Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
Text content | Documentary |
Language | Greek |
Description | P. Wash. Univ. 1 31: Letter |
Selection criteria | Christian terms/formulas/concepts |
Date from | 300 |
Date to | 399 |
Dating criteria | Dated to the 3rd c. by the ed.pr. (assuming the Alexandros in line 7 to possibly refer to the Emperor Severus Alexander, therefore 222–235 CE), Gonis 1997 places it in the 4th c. |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | The papyrus collection at Washington University was sent there by William Matthew Flinders Petrie in the 1920s, in return for aiding his excavations at Oxyrhynchus. |
Accession number | St Louis, Washington University 104 |