| Artefact ID | 733 |
| TM ID | TM 132058 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
| Text content | Documentary |
| Language | Coptic |
| Description | P.Duke inv. 451 (Probably) Right half of a letter in Coptic (S), addressee and sender lost, reporting in the demise of someone (l. 5 'he went to rest'), reminder difficult to comprehend as first half of the lines always missing but text reports on a person, the latter might be addressed as 'his perfection' l. 12; verso has been turned 90° and a note/label (?) has been written in larger letters (the lette[r…]/epistl[e…] twenty-nin[e…]) maybe containing a date of despatch or reception; handwriting on recto rather well-formed, formulations appear elevated so that initial part resembles more a literary prose (l. 3 'every flesh') |
| Selection criteria | Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Coptic language |
| Date from | 301 |
| Date to | 500 |
| Dating criteria | Date taken over from APIS and Trismegistos (see links) Dated 4th cent. (?) by Choat acc. to script |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | |
| Accession number | Durham (NC), Duke University, inv. 451 was formerly: P.Miss. 17 |
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