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Artefact ID312
TM IDTM 832731
Findspot (DEChriM ID)12   (Ismant al-Ḫarāb)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek, Coptic
Archive/DossierDossier
Description

P.KellisCopt. II 84 [P.Kellis VII 84]

Complete letter by Theognostos to Psais in Coptic (L) with Greek address, Th. is assumed to be elswehere in the oasis but not in Kellis, news of a sick woman

Selection criteriaMention of Christian individuals/communities, Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Coptic language
Date from360
Date to370
Dating criteria

Archaeological context, dossier connection

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 3, room 6, deposit 3

Accession number

P.KellisCopt. II 84 [P.Kellis VII 84]

Inv. P68G(a)

current location unknown, probably excavation or 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, 135-136, 139-143, and images on CD rom.

Additional bibliography

Fournet, Jean-Luc. 2020. The Rise of Coptic. Egyptian versus Greek in Late Antiquity, The Rostovtzeff Lectures. Princeton & Oxford: Princeton University Press, 154-156 (translation and commentary).

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 312", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/312
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