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Artefact ID122
TM IDTM 85885
Findspot (DEChriM ID)12   (Ismant al-Ḫarāb)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageCoptic
Archive/DossierDossier
Description

P.KellisCopt. I 34 [P.Kellis V 34]

Fragmentary personal letter with only partly preserved address and 25 lines in Coptic (L) and Greek formulae on recto; includes prayer that the addressee would be protected from every evil of Satan; acknowlegdment of receipt of earlier letter and a tunic, the latter maybe reason for quarel with the deliverer

Selection criteriaMention of Christian individuals/communities, Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Coptic language
Date from355
Date to365
Dating criteria

Archaeological context, Manichean context, possible dossier connection (Makarios family letters)

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 3, room 13a2, deposit 3  + room 11, deposit 2

Accession number

P.KellisCopt. I 34

Inv.-Nr. P92.21+P92.17

current location unknown, probably excavation or SCA store rooms

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Gardner, Iain, Alcock, Anthony & Funk, Wolf-Peter. 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, 220–23 & pl. 26.

Additional bibliography

• Choat, Malcolm. 2006. Belief and Cult in Fourth-Century Papyri, Studia Antiqua Australiensia 1. Turnhout: Brepols, 182.

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2020
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2020, "Artefact ID 122", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/122
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