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Artefact ID202
TM IDTM 85900
Findspot (DEChriM ID)12   (Ismant al-Ḫarāb)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageCoptic
Description

P.KellisCopt. I 49 (P.Kellis V)

Short memorandum in Coptic (L) on a scrap papyrus (30 × 68 mm) apparently sent with 2800 talents from a father Timotheos noting that no other payments remain outstanding now

Selection criteria-
Date from355
Date to380
Dating criteria

Archaeological context

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 3, room 6, deposit 4 south wall

Accession number

P.KellisCopt. I 49

Inv. Nr. P 92.4 (ex. P92B)

Current location unknown, probably excavation or SCA storage

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. 271-272 & pl. 41.

Additional Bibliography

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

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 202", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/202
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