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Artefact ID1052
TM IDTM 34383
Findspot (DEChriM ID)1   (Dūš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageCoptic
Description

SB Kopt. 3 1292; O.Douch I 49 descr.: Coptic letter

Letter addressed by Pistois, princeps, to his "beloved brother Sansnos", with Christian "greetings in the Lord". The body concerns the distribution of wheat.

About the characterisation of the letter, whether administrative or unofficial missive sent to a coreligionist (usually only in Greek letters), see Fournet 2020: 18.

Selection criteriaChristian terms/formulas/concepts, Coptic language
Date from350
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography, content and dossier connections, archaeological context (O.Douch I, p. ix-x; O.Waqfa, p. 15; O.Douch V, p. vi; Carrié 2004: 262-263).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

Cairo, Coptic Museum; Dūš, excavations IFAO 1976 inv. 80.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Choat, Malcolm and Iain Gardner. 2003. “O.Douch I 49.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 143, 143-146.

• Cuvigny, Hélène and Guy Wagner. 1986. Les ostraca grecs de Douch, vol. I. Documents de Fouilles 24/1. Cairo: Ifao, no. 49 descr.

Additional bibliography

• Fournet, J.-L. 2020. The Rise of Coptic. Egyptian versus Greek in Late Antiquity, The Rostovtzeff Lectures. Princeton & Oxford: Princeton University Press, 12 and esp. 18.

• Schenke, Gesa. 2007. “Anweisung zur Übergabe von Textilien und Weizen in O. Douch. I 40 und 49.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 162, 220-222.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1052", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1052
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