Artefact ID | 229 |
TM ID | TM 128633 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 12 (Ismant al-Ḫarāb) | Class | Textual |
Material | Papyrus |
Writing medium | Codex |
Text content | Subliterary |
Language | Coptic |
Description | P.KellisCopt. 56 (P.KellisLit. 2) Amulet in form of a miniature codex (45×45 mm) in Coptic (S with L features) against snake bites with oil conjured in the name of Christ |
Selection criteria | Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Coptic language |
Date from | 350 |
Date to | 400 |
Dating criteria | Archaeological context (after closure and abandonment of pagan temple and conversion of its structures to domestic usage and before abandonment of site before 400) |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | Temple debris in D/8 (mid-late AD04 domestic structure adjacent to Main Temple in Area D), room 7, 2, South East corner |
Accession number | P.KellisCopt. 56 Inv. Nr. P.96.104 (parts of it lost in storage) Current location unknown, probably excavation or SCA storage |