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Artefact ID291
TM IDTM 832724
Findspot (DEChriM ID)12   (Ismant al-Ḫarāb)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek, Coptic
Archive/DossierDossier
Description

P.KellisCopt. II 77 [P.Kellis VII 77)

Fragmentary letter from Pegosh/Pekysis at Aphrodite to his brother(-in-law) Kapiton in Coptic (L) with Greek address and opening, thanking for a letter but reproaching the addressee not to have sent letters more often, discusses issue of selling a girl and another matter raised in the earlier letter

Selection criteriaMention of Christian individuals/communities, Coptic language
Date from360
Date to370
Dating criteria

Archaeological context, dossier connection

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 3, room 6, deposit 3+4

Accession number

P.KellisCopt. II 77 [P.Kellis VII 77]

Inv. Nr. P81F/1+P68B

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, 83-84, 100-105, and images on CD rom.

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 291", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/291
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