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Artefact ID435
TM IDTM 832773
Findspot (DEChriM ID)12   (Ismant al-Ḫarāb)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageCoptic
Description

P.KellisCopt. II 126 [P.Kellis VII 126]

Christian (?) invocation in Coptic (S with A or I features), col. recto ii quotes Ps 145, written over an earlier large and impressive Latin document (partly visible still on verso)

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Theological), Subliterary genre (Liturgical), Mention of Christian individuals/communities, Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Coptic language
Date from350
Date to400
Dating criteria

Archaeological context

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 4, room 1, deposit 1, room 1B, deposit 1

Accession number

P.KellisCopt. II 126 [P.Kellis VII 126]

Inv. Nr. P93.13A+P93.19

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, 263-264, 284-289, and images on CD rom.

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 435", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/435
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