Artefact ID | 929 |
TM ID | TM 107972 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 25 (Aḫmīm) | Class | Textual |
Material | Papyrus |
Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
Text content | Subliterary |
Language | Coptic |
Description | Roll with Festal letter, homily, and list of bishops in Coptic (A) presumably a school text (Schmidt apud Polotsky), recto in columns, verso in transversa carta According to Camplani (1999) and Camplani & Martin (200), the festal letter Cyril of Alexandria's first festal letter (of 413), as the transmitted Greek text known until then is an amalgamate of Cyril's festal letters of 413 and 414, the Vienna papyrus has the complete text of the letter of 413 |
Selection criteria | Literary genre (Theological), Mention of Christian cult officials/institutions, Coptic language |
Date from | 413 |
Date to | 500 |
Dating criteria | Terminus ante quem non is the Festal letter of 413 |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | Bought in Akhmim |
Accession number | Vienna, Nationalbibliothek K 10157 a-b |