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Artefact ID487
TM IDTM 86403
Findspot (DEChriM ID)30   (al-Ašmūnayn)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek, Coptic
Description

P.Lond.Copt. I 1102

Letter from Isaac to 'his dear brother' Dioscorus in Coptic (S) with Greek address, telling him that olives have arrived and D. may fetch them, if he was money ready, otherwise he can send them; continues with issues over textiles and wool, complains that D. has not written to him

Selection criteriaCoptic language
Date from301
Date to400
Dating criteria

Script, use of Coptic

Note that TM dates to 6th–8th cent.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

London, British Library, Or. 6074

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Crum, Walter Ewing. 1905. Catalogue of the Coptic Manuscripts in the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum, 461-462 #1102.

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 487", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/487
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