Artefact ID | 586 |
TM ID | TM 86452 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
Material | Papyrus |
Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
Text content | Documentary |
Language | Coptic |
Description | P.Mich.Copt. 4 Letter to a distinguished person addressed as 'Your Paternity', undoubtedly a Christian dignitary, in Coptic (S with F/A features) apparently asking him to return some items that he has left in storage. Recto: the text runs across the fibres in a horizontal format (transvera charta); Staurogram before first line and at the end; perhaps another cross at the top of the letter. Verso: traces of two staurograms in the middle of the sheet, across the fibres. Between them, maybe two other signs [VS]. |
Selection criteria | Mention of Christian individuals/communities, 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, Michigan University, Library P. 6866 [P.Mich. inv. 6866] |