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Artefact ID413
TM IDTM 832765
Findspot (DEChriM ID)12   (Ismant al-Ḫarāb)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageCoptic
Archive/DossierArchive
Description

P.KellisCopt. II 118 [P.Kellis VII 118]

Short note in Coptic (L) with Greek address, but in a small, fluent script betraying a bigraphical/-lingual scribe, despite address no names are disclosed, reference to Roman adminstration on verso ("Ammoni has also gone to Hibis on account of(?) the tribun"), maybe connected to Ouales letters (P.KellisCopt. I 35, P.KellisCopt. I 36, and P.KellisCopt. II 59)

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

Archaeological context

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 3, room 4, floor surface

Accession number

P.KellisCopt. II 118

Inv. Nr. P92.1

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, 247-249 and images in CD rom.

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 413", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/413
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