4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1714
TM ID	TM / LDAB 33206
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Literary
Language	Greek
Description	P.Lond. II 425, SB XXII 15624: Acts of a Martyr? This right side of a document (10.7 x 10 cm) contains a text of unclear nature. The ed.pr. considers the possibility that it portrays the Acts of a Martyr, with multiple columns before and after the one retained here. Clarysse 1995 sees no indication for the persecution of a Christian specifically, merely a discussion between judge and accused mentioning fire and burning: εἰς τὸ μέσον τοῦ πυρὸς (line 2), με κέκαυτε (line 4). A Horion (line 8) and a Heraklammon (line 9) are mentioned. The verso is blank.
Selection criteria	Literary genre (Hagiographic)
Date from	300
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Palaeography
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown provenance; Purchased from Reverend Chauncey Murch (1856–1907) on 15.05.1893, alongside Papyri 401–447.
Accession number	London, British Library Pap 425

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