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Artefact ID276
TM IDTM 832717
Findspot (DEChriM ID)12   (Ismant al-Ḫarāb)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageCoptic
Archive/DossierDossier
Description

P.KellisCopt. II 70 [P.Kellis VII 70]

12 fragments of a large, finely written letter from Pamour (?) to Psais in Coptic (L) with Greek address containing greetings and family matters, chiding the addressee not to have sent oil despite having beien explicitely told to do so due to the present scarcity of oil, further reproaches about other things are too fragmentarily preserved

Selection criteriaMention of Christian individuals/communities, Coptic language
Date from350
Date to380
Dating criteria

Archaeological context, possible dossier connection

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 3, room 6, deposit 3; room 3, deposit 3

Accession number

P.KellisCopt. II 70 [P.Kellis VII 70]

Inv. Nr. P78J+P59E/F+P67

current location unknown, probably excavation or SCA storage

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Gardner, Iain, Anthony Alcock, and Wolf-Peter Funk. 2014. Coptic Documentary Texts from Kellis II P. Kell. VII (P. Kell. Copt. 57–131), Dakhleh Oasis Project: Monograph 16. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 39-41, 66-70 & images on CD rom.

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 276", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/276
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