| Artefact ID | 586 |
| TM ID | TM 86452 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
| Text content | Documentary |
| Language | Coptic |
| Description | P.Mich.Copt. 4 Letter to a distinguished person addressed as 'Your Paternity', undoubtedly a Christian dignitary, in Coptic (S with F/A features) apparently asking him to return some items that he has left in storage. Recto: the text runs across the fibres in a horizontal format (transvera charta); Staurogram before first line and at the end; perhaps another cross at the top of the letter. Verso: traces of two staurograms in the middle of the sheet, across the fibres. Between them, maybe two other signs [VS]. |
| Selection criteria | Mention of Christian individuals/communities, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy, Coptic language |
| Date from | 375 |
| Date to | 425 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | - |
| Accession number | Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 6866 [P.Mich. inv. 6866] |
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