Artefact ID | 732 |
TM ID | 132057 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
Material | Papyrus |
Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
Text content | Documentary |
Language | Coptic |
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 criteria | Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Nomina sacra, Coptic language |
Date from | 301 |
Date to | 500 |
Dating criteria | Dating taken over from APIS and Trismegistos Dated 4th cent. (?) by Choat acc. to script |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | - |
Accession number | Durham (NC), Duke University, inv. 442; was formerly P.Miss. 8 |