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Artefact ID1220
TM IDTM 140693
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialWood
Writing mediumLabel
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageCoptic
Description

SB Kopt. IV 1866

Mummy label for Joseph son of Papa Isaak in Coptic (S).

Selection criteriaCoptic language
Date from301
Date to400
Dating criteria

Dated in the ed. princ. to 5th-6th cent., later refined to 4th c. (last century of use of mummy labels; see Delattre and Worp 2012).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Said to come from Thebes.

Accession number

Current location unknown; previously in the Michaelides collection; sold by Christieʼs and Barakat.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Delattre, Alain. 2005. "Une étiquette de momie copte de l’ancienne collection G. A. Michaelides." Chronique d’Égypte 80: 373-374.

Additional bibliography

• Delattre, Alain, and Klaas A. Worp. 2012. "Une étiquette de momie du IVe siècle au British Museum: Réflexions sur les étiquettes tardives." Journal of Juristic Papyrology 42: 95 [89-99].

• Hasitzka, Monika. 2012. Koptisches Sammelbuch IV, Mitteilungen aus der Papyrussammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek (Papyrus Erzherzog Rainer) NS XXIII/4. Berlin & Boston: De Gruyter, 90 #1866.

Authors
Matthias Müller, Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1220", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1220
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