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Artefact ID132
TM IDTM 108340
Findspot (DEChriM ID)12   (Ismant al-Ḫarāb)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentLiterary
LanguageCoptic
Description

P.KellisCopt. 4 (P.Kellis II)

Not enough text preserved to identify text, but page format and production point to literary text in Coptic (dialect uncertain), presumably religous, same archaeological context as P.KellisCopt. 1 and 2, therefore assumed to be Manichaean by ed.

Single codex leaf from five fragments

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Non-canonical), Coptic language
Date from350
Date to400
Dating criteria

Archaeological context, Manichaean contents, dialect

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 3, room 6, level 4 SE corner

Accession number

P.KellisCopt. 4

Inv.-Nr. P 82C + P 82A/B

Current location unknown, probably excavation or SCA storage

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Gardner, Iain. 2007. Kellis Literary Texts II, Dakhleh Oasis Project Monograph 15. Oxford: Oxbow, 78 & pl. 11.

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 132", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/132
External links
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