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ARTEFACT IDENTIFIERS

Artefact ID	1736
TM ID	TM 30707
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Documentary
Language	Greek
Description	PSI 8 895, SB 22 15560: Letter fragment This strongly fragmented sheet (15.5 x 9 cm) was densely inscribed, but the top, center and bottom are missing. What is expressed first on the remaining sheet is the regret felt by the sender that the recipient has been absent. Most of the letter concerns the upcoming childbirth (τῶν λοχίων, line 11, 12) of τῇ ἐμοῦ ἀδελφῇ Θεονίλλᾳ (line 6). The sender, Theonilla’s brother (?) is concerned that she is not receiving the care and consideration she requires from their parents. He uses the phrase οἶδεν γὰρ ὁ θε[ὸς] in line 11. The last lines are written along the right margin of the sheet, where an Antiochos is named. Some terminology (προστετικὼς ἕνα α ἀργυροῦν, line 15; τῶν ἐμῶν κολληγ[ῶν], line 16) suggests the sender may possibly be in or related to a military milieu. The verso contains only faint traces of writing.
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from	275
Date to	325
Dating criteria	Palaeography; end of the 3rd/beginning of the 4th c., see P.Panop. 1 (289 CE)
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown provenance; possibly written at Oxyrhynchus. It has at times been considered to be related to the Paniskos archive (TM Arch ID 167).
Accession number	Cairo, Egyptian Museum JdE 49501 / Cairo, Egyptian Museum SR 2988 (parallel)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference edition
• Manfredi, Manfredo. 1993. “Affetti familiari (PSI VIII 895).” In Scritti in memoria di Dino Pieraccioni, edited by Michele Bandini and Federico G. Pericoli. Firenze: Istituto Papirologico «G. Vitelli». 255-261.

Editio princeps
• Vitelli, Girolamo. 1927. Papiri Greci e Latini. Volume Ottavo. N. 871–1000. (PSI 8). Firenze: E. Ariani. 33-34, No. 895.

Additional bibliography
• Choat, Malcolm. 2006. Belief and Cult in Fourth-Century Papyri. Studia Antiqua Australiensia 1. Turnhout: Brepols. 157. [listed]
• Crisci, Iginio. 1970. “La Collezione dei Papiri di Firenze.” In Proceedings of the Twelfth lnternational Congress of Papyrology, edited by Deborah H. Samuel. Toronto: A. M. Hakkert. 89-95: 91. [listed]
• Hagedorn, Dieter. 2012. ”Bemerkungen zu Urkunden.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung (AfP) 58. 109-116: 114-116.
• Naldini, Mario. 1968. Il Cristianesimo in Egitto. Lettere private nei papiri dei secoli II-IV. Firenze: Le Monnier. 150, No. 27.
• Rupprecht, Hans-Albert and Joachim Hengstl. 2001. Sammelband Griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Zweiundzwanzigster Band. (Nr. 15203–15874). (SB 22). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 245-246, No. 15560.
• Rowlandson, Jane. 1998. Women and Society in Greek and Roman Egypt. A Sourcebook. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 286, No. 221.
• –––. 2005. “VII. Letters Dates III / IV. C. With Expressions Not on Their Own Decisive Indications of Christian Identity.” Papyri from the Rise of Christianity in Egypt: Draft Conspectus. (PCE.VII.C). Macquarie University. 7, No. 92?. [http://www.mq.edu.au/pubstatic/public/download/%3Fid%3D45105&usg=AOvVaw2xqK_R6N3vQdQpC4Mq_iMD]

Authors

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023

Suggested citation

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1736", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1736

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