ABSTRACT
This chapter takes the theme of ancient communication and turns to Late Antique Egypt, examining a papyrus archive from the late third century. In particular, it looks at one papyrus which seems to be related to that archive, though it was not originally published along with its other pieces. The archive, especially this additional letter, provides some insight into the matter of family communication in Egypt in the late third century. The archive discussed in this chapter is known as the archive of Paniscus, or else the archive of Paniscus and Ploutogenia. Since the original publication, our understanding of the archive and its contents has been subject to some change and development. There have been disagreements about the number of letters, their editorial arrangement, their chronology, their provenance, and the details of how members of this family are related to one another.
