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Artefact ID232
TM IDTM 108332
Findspot (DEChriM ID)12   (Ismant al-Ḫarāb)
ClassTextual
MaterialWood
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentUncertain
LanguageCoptic
Description

T.KellisCopt. 3

Wooden codex of seven folios in Coptic (probably L) of various content (probably Manichaean); state of preservation does not allow to see more than individual letters, hence identification of text and dialect was impossible; reused boards

Selection criteriaCoptic language
Date from355
Date to390
Dating criteria

Archaeological context

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 3, room 4, level 3, bound with T.KellisCopt 2

Accession number

T.KellisCopt. 3

Inv. Nr. A/5/53A

Current location unknown, probably excavation or SCA storage

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Gardner, Iain. 1996. Kellis Literary Texts I, with contributions by S. Clackson, M. Franzmann and K. A. Worp, Dakhleh Oasis Project Monograph 4. Oxford: Oxbow, 31-32 & pl. 3.

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 232", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/232
External links
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