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Artefact ID733
TM IDTM 132058
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageCoptic
Description

P.Duke inv. 451

(Probably) Right half of a letter in Coptic (S), addressee and sender lost, reporting in the demise of someone (l. 5 'he went to rest'), reminder difficult to comprehend as first half of the lines always missing but text reports on a person, the latter might be addressed as 'his perfection' l. 12; verso has been turned 90° and a note/label (?) has been written in larger letters (the lette[r…]/epistl[e…] twenty-nin[e…]) maybe containing a date of despatch or reception; handwriting on recto rather well-formed, formulations appear elevated so that initial part resembles more a literary prose (l. 3 'every flesh')

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

Date taken over from APIS and Trismegistos (see links)

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

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context


Accession number

Durham (NC), Duke University, inv. 451 

was formerly: P.Miss. 17

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Unedited

Additional bibliography

• Choat, Malcolm. 2006. Belief and Cult in Fourth-Century Papyri, Studia Antiqua Australiensia 1. Turnhout: Brepols, 181.

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 733", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/733
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