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Artefact ID489
TM IDTM 86538
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageCoptic
Description

P.Lond.Copt. I 1252

List in Coptic (S) in two or more columns separated by ruled lines, only col. i preserved to larger extent; names (male and female), sheep, donkeys, pigs with figures (rarely preserved though) opposite them, on verso scarcely anyting legible; supposedly from the Fayyūm.

Selection criteriaCoptic language
Date from301
Date to400
Dating criteria

Script (ed. "coarse, angular uncial of early type", "¥ is of quite peculiar form, with tail uncurved and third (right) tooth omitted while the q is inverted").

Note that TM gives dates as 6th-8th cent.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

London, British Library Or. 6176

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Crum, Walter Ewing. 1905. Catalogue of the Coptic Manuscripts in the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum, 515-516 #1252.

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 489", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/489
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