| Artefact ID | 229 |
| TM ID | TM 128633 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 12 (Ismant al-Ḫarāb) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Codex |
| Text content | Subliterary |
| Language | Coptic |
| Description | P.KellisCopt. 56 (P.KellisLit. 2) Amulet in form of a miniature codex (45×45 mm) in Coptic (S with L features) against snake bites with oil conjured in the name of Christ: "through the honoured name of the living God, the lord Jesus, his Christ, the Nazarene" (xitNpra(n) ettaihu Npnoute etonX pjoi[s i]Hs pefyRs pnazwreus). |
| Selection criteria | Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Coptic language |
| Date from | 350 |
| Date to | 400 |
| Dating criteria | Archaeological context (after closure and abandonment of pagan temple and conversion of its structures to domestic usage and before abandonment of site before 393). |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Temple debris in D/8 (mid-late AD04 domestic structure adjacent to Main Temple in Area D), room 7, 2, South East corner. |
| Accession number | P.KellisCopt. 56. Inv. Nr. P.96.104 (parts of it lost in storage). Current location unknown, probably SCA storage or Kharga Museum. |
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