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Artefact ID411
TM IDTM 832763
Findspot (DEChriM ID)12   (Ismant al-Ḫarāb)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek, Coptic
Archive/DossierArchive
Description

P.KellisCopt. II 116 [P.Kellis VII 116]

Larger fragment of a letter from Tepsais to her brother Psais in Coptic (L) with Greek address  and farewell, discussing family business; while the sender is in the Valley, her other brother Kapiton is said to have visited the oasis but is now back in Antinoou again; found together with and has close contents relation to P.KellisCopt. II 82

Selection criteriaMention of Christian individuals/communities, Coptic language
Date from350
Date to380
Dating criteria

Archaeological context

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 3, room 6, deposit 4 south wall

Accession number

P.KellisCopt. II 116

Inv. Nr. P81E+P93B

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, 241-244 and images on CD rom.

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 411", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/411
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