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Artefact ID319
TM IDTM 832738
Findspot (DEChriM ID)12   (Ismant al-Ḫarāb)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageCoptic
Archive/DossierDossier
Description

P.KellisCopt. II 91 [P.Kellis VII 91]

Short, partly damaged letter from an unknown author to Iena (i.e., Ploutogenes) and Hor, passing on a letter from the author's brother being at the border but found no means to pass it on earlier

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 9, deposit 3 east wall

Accession number

P.KellisCopt. II 91

Inv. Nr. P51C(a)

current location unknown, probably excavation or SCA storage

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Edito 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, 143-144, 162-164, and images on CD rom.

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 319", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/319
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