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Artefact ID314
TM IDTM 832733
Findspot (DEChriM ID)12   (Ismant al-Ḫarāb)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageCoptic
Archive/DossierDossier
Description

P.KellisCopt. II 86 [P.Kellis VII 86]

Complete letter from Ploutogenes to Pshai in Coptic (L) with Greek address (and farewell), trying to sort out an overdue payment for some oil to a man called Kaption

Selection criteriaMention of Christian individuals/communities, Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Coptic language
Date from370
Date to380
Dating criteria

Archaeological context, dossier connection

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 3, room 10, level 3 (found associated with a keg)

Accession number

P.KellisCopt. II 86 [P.Kellis VII 86]

Inv. Nr. P17Vi

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 Booksm 143-144, 147-149, and images on CD rom, bw-image of recto on unnumbered plate in back of the book.

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 314", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/314
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