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Artefact ID228
TM IDTM 128632
Findspot (DEChriM ID)12   (Ismant al-Ḫarāb)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumCodex, Sheet/roll, Uncertain
Text contentLiterary
LanguageCoptic
Description

P.KellisCopt. 55 (P.KellisLit. 2)

Fragment of Manichaean psalm (assumed by find context, text is too small to be precise) in Coptic (L)

Selection criteria-
Date from355
Date to390
Dating criteria

Archaeological context, if contemporary with the letters, then 360ies

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 3, room 9, context 3 north doorway

Accession number

P.KellisCopt. 55

Inv. Nr. P 57B

Current location unknown, probably excavation or SCA storage.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Gardner, Iain. 2007. Kellis Literary Texts II, Dakhleh Oasis Project Monograph 15. Oxford: Oxbow, 129 & pl. 35.

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 228", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/228
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