| Artefact ID | 587 |
| TM ID | TM 86539 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
| Text content | Documentary |
| Language | Coptic |
| Description | P.Mich.Copt. 1 Letter from John to 'his father, the great man' Apa Dorotheos 'head of … of the mountain' in Coptic (S) reporting back on an issue with a peasant Dorotheos has been involved (probably on behalf of the peasant to intercede for him), to message carrier is to be asked to confirm the issue. There is a stylised staurogram before the first line on recto and a triple staurogram at the end of the letter; another staurogram stands before the address on verso. Recto: the text is written across the fibres in a horizontal format (transversa charta); verso: address along the fibres on the left side of the middle folding. The document might be associated with the Melitian community (Choat 2001: 98 and n. 36). |
| Selection criteria | Mention of Christian cult officials/institutions, Mention of Christian individuals/communities, Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy, Coptic language |
| Date from | 350 |
| Date to | 450 |
| Dating criteria | Dated to late 3rd or early 4th c. in ed.pr., but, as Choat 2006: 117 n. 50 suggested, a 4th c. date is more likely [and even 5th c. considering the format; VS]. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Purchased by Prof. Worrell in Egypt in the spring of 1936. |
| Accession number | Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 6867 [P.Mich. inv. 6867] |
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