| Artefact ID | 1214 |
| TM ID | TM 832296 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
| Text content | Documentary |
| Language | Coptic |
| Description | P.Heid.Kopt. 12 Letter from a nun to a monastic superior in Coptic (S) enquiring about the state of another nun (so ed. princ.) and asking him to take good care of her so that she might return safe and sound and receive her sisters' blessings and the blessing of the Virgin; note, however, that monastic context is inferred by the use of "my beloved father" for the recipient and the terms "your daughter" for the sender and "my sister" for the other lady Some odd spelling habits as replacement of nasal by vowels are usually encountered only in much later Saidic texts |
| Selection criteria | Mention of Christian individuals/communities, Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Coptic language |
| Date from | 301 |
| Date to | 400 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography and layout (ed. princ.); preliminary cataloguing by S. Clackson suggested 7th cent. or earlier |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Certain linguistic features are attested in texts from the area of Ashmunayn |
| Accession number | Heidelberg, Institut für Papyrologie P.Kopt. 51 |
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