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Artefact ID101
TM IDTM 85864
Findspot (DEChriM ID)12   (Ismant al-Ḫarāb)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageCoptic
Archive/DossierArchive
Description

P.KellisCopt. I 13 [P.Kellis V 13]

Fragment of a personal letter in Coptic (L), probably from a wife to her husband Horion (?),  mainly concerned with greetings, of at least 16 lines on both sides

Selection criteriaCoptic language
Date from355
Date to380
Dating criteria

Archeological context

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 2, room 3, deposit 5&6 plus

House 2, room 4, deposit 3

Accession number

P.KellisCopt. I 13

Inv.-Nr. A/2/107+125+80

current location unknown, probably excavation or SCA store rooms

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Gardner, Iain, Anthony Alcock, and Wolf-Peter Funk. 1999. Coptic Documentary Texts from Kellis I P. Kell. V (P. Kell. Copt. 10–52; O. Kell. Copt. 1–2), Dakhleh Oasis Project: Monograph 9. Oxford: Oxbow Books. 134-135 & pl. 6.

Additional bibliography

• Choat, Malcolm. 2006. Belief and Cult in Fourth-Century Papyri, Studia Antiqua Australiensia 1. Turnhout: Brepols.

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2020
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2020, "Artefact ID 101", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/101
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