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Artefact ID1167
TM IDTM 84290
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageCoptic
Description

O.Mich.Copt. 10

Letter in Coptic (S) on a pottery sherd from an unnamed individual to a superior (addressed as "your fatherhood") asking the latter to cultivate something (although completely preserved, unintelligible in the lower part)

Selection criteriaMention of Christian individuals/communities, Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Nomina sacra, Coptic language
Date from301
Date to400
Dating criteria

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Kelsey Museum inv. 25127

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Worrell, William Hoyt. 1942. "No. 10. Letter to an Ecclesiastic" In: Worrell, William Hoyt. Coptic Texts in the University of Michigan Collection, University of Michigan Studies. Humanistic Series 46. Ann Arbor & London: The University of Michigan Press & Humphrey Milford, The Oxford University Press, 234-235 & pl. VIII (fascimile).

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 1167", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1167
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