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Artefact ID	1727
TM ID	TM 32936
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	SB 14 11588: Letter from Aria to her son Dorotheos This sheet (11.5 x 25.5 cm) is missing its upper right corner. It had been folded thrice vertically, with two lines of writing within the folds, once horizontally, and contains the letter of Aria to κύριέ μου υἰὲ (line 1) Dorotheos, son of Philip. She uses the well-wishes θεία προ[ν]οίᾳ παρὰ τῷ θε(ῷ) (line 3–4). The letter recounts a number of transactions which have (not) taken place, including a leukantes (“linen bleacher”, line 17) and Dorotheos’ sister Maria (line 19), leaving her in need of money. An orphaned foster child (?) appears to be living with Aria, which further increases her current expenses (see Bergamasco 2006 for the possibility of this being an apprentice). Aria ends with a reproach to Dorotheos for having neglected her (θαυμάζω πο͂ς ἠμέλησάς μου, line 31).
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian onomastics
Date from	375
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Palaeography; the ed.pr. notes similarities to P.Graec.Berol. 39 (372 CE)
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown provenance; purchased in Egypt by Bernard P. Grenfell and Francis W. Kelsey in March/April 1920
Accession number	Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 337

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Youtie, Herbert C. 1976. “P.Mich.inv. 337: ΛΕΥΚΑΝΤΗΣ.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik (ZPE) 22: 63-68.

Additional bibliography
• Bagnall, Roger S. and Raffaella Cribiore. 2006. Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC–AD 800. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. 302-303.
• Bagnall, Roger S. and Raffaella Cribiore. 2008. Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC–AD 800. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. B2.18. [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb90014.0001.001]
• Bergamasco, Marco. 2006. “Orfani e ‘Didaskalikai’: Il Caso di SB XIV 11588.” Studi di egittologia e papirologia (SEP) 3: 55-59.
• Choat, Malcolm. 2006. Belief and Cult in Fourth-Century Papyri. Studia Antiqua Australiensia 1. Turnhout: Brepols. 84n355.
• Rupprecht, Hans-Albert and Joachim Hengstl. 1983. Sammelband Griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Vierzehnter Band. Erstes Heft. (Nr. 11264–11594). (SB 14). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 184-185, No. 11588.
• Winter, John Garrett. 1933. Life and Letters in the Papyri. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. 59.
• Winter, John Garrett. 1941. “Another Instance of ὀρθοποδεῖν.” Harvard Theological Review (HTR) 34(2): 161–162.

Authors

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023

Suggested citation

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1727", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1727

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TM 32936 DDbDP (PN) HGV University of Michigan (APIS UM)

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