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Artefact ID732
TM ID132057
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageCoptic
Description

P.Duke inv. 442

Right half of a a letter in Coptic (S), addressee and sender lost, concerning ships and certain difficulties, apparently the sender has asked or wants the addressee to ask a man called Dorothe(os) for some wheat, mention of some bronze kettle; the farewell address mentions a Dorothe(os) again and all the brethren, ends with "Farewell in the Lord"

Selection criteriaChristian terms/formulas/concepts, Nomina sacra, Coptic language
Date from301
Date to500
Dating criteria

Dating taken over from APIS and Trismegistos

Dated 4th cent. (?) by Choat acc. to script

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

Durham (NC), Duke University, inv. 442; 

was formerly P.Miss. 8

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Unedited

Additional bibliography

• Choat, Malcolm. 2006. Belief and Cult in Fourth-Century Papyri, Studia Antiqua Australiensia 1. Turnhout: Brepols, 180.

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 732", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/732
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