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Artefact ID436
TM IDTM 832774
Findspot (DEChriM ID)12   (Ismant al-Ḫarāb)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageCoptic
Description

P.KellisCopt. II 127 [P.Kellis VII 127]

Fragmentarily preserved letter in Coptic (S, hence assumed to be Christian by editors), no address preserved, asking for things to be send, among them apostolos (probably Pauline letters, but Mani cannot be excluded) plus other books; someone has been attacked on the road and a commander (praepositus) is mentioned

Selection criteria-
Date from350
Date to400
Dating criteria

Archaeological context (?)

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Temple area, room 1, deposits 2 west and south + 5; room 3, deposit 4

Accession number

P.KellisCopt. II 127 [P.Kellis VII 127]

Inv. Nr. P96.2(i)+P96.4+P96.16+P96.24

current location unknown, probably excavation or SCA storage

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Edito 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, 290-294, images on CD rom, and bw-images on unnumbered plates in back of the book.

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 436", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/436
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