| Artefact ID | 582 |
| TM ID | TM 86453 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
| Text content | Documentary |
| Language | Coptic |
| Description | P.Mich.Copt. 5 Letter from Daniel, son of Phoibammon, to 'his brother' Bane, son of Theodosios in Coptic (S) with only address on verso, greeting him and 'his brother' Apollo, and the little Phoibammon, as well as others unnmamed, rejoicing that they have escaped imprisonment, and hoping to see them or hear from them; some of the names reappear in P.Mich.Copt. 6; ed. princ. surmised a Meletian context probably due to the mention of imprisonment of the addressed group. Christian cryptogram ΧΜΓ and staurogram at the top of the letter. |
| Selection criteria | Mention of Christian individuals/communities, Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy, Coptic language |
| Date from | 375 |
| Date to | 425 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | - |
| Accession number | Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, P.Mich. inv. 4553 |
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