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Artefact ID	1730
TM ID	TM 32946
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	P. Yale inv. 1318, SB 14 11858: Receipt from the presbyteros Aurelius Heraclius This complete small sheet (7 x 10 cm) had been folded once horizontally, now developed into a break in the papyrus, and twice vertically. A brief receipt for work as a book illustrator or decorator, Ἡράκλειος πρ(εσβύτερος) (line 1), the same Aurelius Heraclius from P. Yale inv. 413, agrees to return the book to its owner within a month. Heraclius’ work on a κόσμησις (line 3) indicates he may possibly have been a member of a monastic scriptorium or an individual illustrator, a task distinct from work as a scribe of books. The document can be presumed to have been written in Heraclius’ own hand. The verso is blank. P. Col. inv. 10213 (5th/6th c.), a letter among monks, similarly includes the topic of book illustration.
Selection criteria	Mention of Christian cult officials/institutions
Date from	300
Date to	499
Dating criteria	Palaeography
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown provenance; part of the 1931c acquisition containing P. Yale inv. 1214-1443. Purchased by Michael I. Rostovtzeff in Paris from Maurice Nahman on 13.09.1931, with funds donated by Edward Stephen Harkness and Horatio McLeod Reynolds.
Accession number	New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Library P. CtYBR 1318

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Parássoglou, George M. 1974. “A Book Illuminator in Byzantine Egypt.” Byzantion 44. 362-366: 364-366, No. 2.

Additional bibliography
• Rupprecht, Hans-Albert and Joachim Hengstl. 1983. Sammelband Griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Vierzehnter Band. Zweites Heft. (Nr. 11595–11937). (SB 14). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 301-302, No. 11858.

Authors

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023

Suggested citation

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1730", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1730

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External links

TM 32946 DDbDP (PN) HGV Yale University Library — Digital Collections (P.CtYBR inv. 1318)

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