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Artefact ID342
TM IDTM 832740
Findspot (DEChriM ID)12   (Ismant al-Ḫarāb)
ClassTextual
MaterialParchment
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek, Coptic
Archive/DossierDossier
Description

P.KellisCopt. II 93 [P.Kellis VII 93]

Fragmentary (and rather frail) letter on parchment by a woman to her sister Talou in Coptic (L) with a Greek address belonging to an earlier text, after the greetings, the only message still to be recovered is thar Kyra is ill; Theodoros adds a short note; faint traces of an older text visible, possibly a letter as well

Selection criteriaChristian terms/formulas/concepts, Coptic language, Writing medium suggestive of Christian context
Date from340
Date to380
Dating criteria

Archaeological context, dossier connection

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 3, room 11, deposit 4

Accession number

P.KellisCopt. II 93

Inv. Nr P.92.262

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, 164-165, 169-171, and images on CD rom.

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 342", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/342
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