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Artefact ID124
TM IDTM 85887
Findspot (DEChriM ID)12   (Ismant al-Ḫarāb)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageCoptic
Archive/DossierDossier
Description

P.KellisCopt. I 36 [P.Kellis V 36]

Personal letter from Ouales to his brothers Psais and Andreas in Coptic (L) with address, opening and final formula in Greek, main text on recto, address on verso in transversa charta, relating issues of payment of 1400 talents

Selection criteriaMention of Christian individuals/communities, Coptic language
Date from365
Date to375
Dating criteria

Archaeological context, Manichean context, dossier connection (Ouales letters: P.KellisCopt. I 35 and this one)

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 3, room 1b, deposit 2

Accession number

P.KellisCopt. I 36

Inv.-Nr. P92.15A

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, 228-231 & pl. 28.

Further Studies

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

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 124", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/124
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