Artefact ID | 208 |
TM ID | TM 33623 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
Material | Papyrus |
Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
Text content | Documentary |
Language | Greek, Coptic |
Description | P.Amh. II 143: Greek private letter, with verso reused for an account (?) in Coptic. Plution, an agent or caretaker at a farm, informs his superior about agricultural matters, mentioning one Isak, and begging him to come the next day. Recto: Greek text written along the fibres. Verso: 5 lines of Coptic in a large hand, apparently an account (unpublished), along the fibres. |
Selection criteria | Christian onomastics, Coptic language |
Date from | 300 |
Date to | 399 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography (Greek text) |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | - |
Accession number | New York, Pierpont Morgan Library Dept. of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, Manuscript Amh. Gr. Pap. 143. |