4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1719
TM ID	TM 32892
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P. Vindob. G 28422, SB 6 9135: Letter from a tax collector to his superior This letter (23 x 8 cm) had been horizontally folded, causing a tear. The sheet is damaged at the top and the bottom; while the text is complete at the end, the first part of the letter is missing. Its contents report the sender’s efforts in collecting taxes (specifically tax backlog) from a κωμή, whose delay may be explained by the fact that the village is currently ἀκέφαλον (line 21), without a village head. This has also caused the κωμαρχικόν (a tax to be paid by the komarch?). Use of the phrase θεοῦ κελεύοντος in line 13. The farewell (lines 23–26) is written with the same ink as the rest, but by a different hand. It includes κύριε ἀδελφέ (line 26). The verso is blank.
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from	300
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Palaeography; the ed.pr. notes similarities Schubart Pal. Abb. 49 (P.Gr. Berol. 37a) and Schubart Pal. Abb. 54 (P.Gr. Berol. 38a = BGU II 411).
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown provenance
Accession number	Vienna, Nationalbibliothek G 28422

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