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Artefact ID227
TM IDTM 128631
Findspot (DEChriM ID)12   (Ismant al-Ḫarāb)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageCoptic
Description

P.KellisCopt. 54 (P.KellisLit. 2)

Mani epistle (On Love), possibly from the canonical epistles in Coptic (L); 15 fragments reconstructed into major part of a single leaf

Selection criteria-
Date from355
Date to390
Dating criteria

Archaeological context, if contemporary with letters from house 3, then 360ies

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 3, room 3, contexts 1+3

Accession number

P.KellisCopt. 54

Inv. Nr. ex-P30/P55/P59B

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, 84-93 & pl. 27-28.

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 227", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/227
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