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Artefact ID1766
TM ID-
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageCoptic
Description

P.Sorb.Copt. 22:

Fragmentarily preserved letter, top and bottom part lost, hence address not fully preserved, left margin complete, right one partly. Letter was either sent by or to an Apa Allêu, with reference to an earlier order concerning reeds and the confirmation of its execution. The text goes on to relate similar reed business with a man named Johannes.

Selection criteriaMention of Christian cult officials/institutions, Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy, Nomina sacra, Coptic language
Date from301
Date to400
Dating criteria

Letter format (high)

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

None, bought by Pierre Jouget in 1918/19

Accession number

Paris, Sorbonne, Inv. Sorb. 2594

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Ahmed Nakshara, "22. Early Letter by or to Apa Allêu", in: Anne Boud'hors & Alain Delattre (eds), Coptica Sorbonensia, StudPAP 4, Paris 2022, 157–162.

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2023
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2023, "Artefact ID 1766", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1766