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Artefact ID242
TM IDTM 832705
Findspot (DEChriM ID)12   (Ismant al-Ḫarāb)
ClassTextual
MaterialWood
Writing mediumTablet
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageCoptic
Description

P.KellisCopt. II 57 [P.Kellis VII 57]

Short letter from Pshai to "his father" in Coptic (L) on a wooden board witten over an older Syriac text, complaining to not have recieved something and that people would deny delivery until the adressee would have explicitely ordered it

Note that deviating from earlier pratice, the piece is called P. and not T.KellisCopt.

Selection criteriaMention of Christian individuals/communities, Coptic language
Date from340
Date to390
Dating criteria

Archaeological context

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 3, room 11, deposit 3

Accession number

P.KellisCopt. II 57 [P.Kellis VII 57]

Inv. Nr. A/5/280+A/5/260

SCA Nr. 2113

current location unknown, due to registration number probably SCA storage

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Gardner, Iain, Anthony Alcock, and Wolf-Peter Funk. 2014. Coptic Documentary Texts from Kellis II P. Kell. VII (P. Kell. Copt. 57–131), Dakhleh Oasis Project: Monograph 16. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 18-19 plus images on CD rom.

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 242", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/242
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