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Artefact ID125
TM IDTM 83546
Findspot (DEChriM ID)30   (al-Ašmūnayn)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageCoptic
Archive/DossierDossier
Description

O. CrumST 172

Letter by Johannes to a Great man Johannes about not sending a brother back to him earlier due to troubles with another man, 14 lines (plus 1 on verso) in Coptic (S with some regional features) with loss on top

Selection criteria-
Date from301
Date to499
Dating criteria

Paleography (Crum: handwriting of P. Ryl.Copt. 403, which, however, is dated by TM and Brussels CDB to AD06!); Crum suggested that it might might belong to the dossier of Apa John (P. Ryl.Copt. 268 sqq.)

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

None

Accession number

O. CrumST 172

(Private collection of Crum, present whereabouts unknown)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Crum, Walter Ewing. 1921. Short Texts from Coptic Ostraca and Papyri. London et al.: Oxford University Press. 43, No. 172.

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 125", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/125
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