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Artefact ID99
TM IDTM 85862
Findspot (DEChriM ID)12   (Ismant al-Ḫarāb)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek, Coptic
Archive/DossierArchive
Description

P.KellisCopt. I 11 [P.Kellis V 11]

Personal letter from Tsenmuthes to her son Psenamun in Coptic (L) asking for money probably to pay tax demands on reused papyrus with palimpsest traces, body of text on recto only (27 lines in Coptic [L]), verso address in Greek (note that technically the recto would be the verso of the sheet)

Selection criteriaCoptic language
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Archaeological context

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 2, room 7, deposit 3

Accession number

P.KellisCopt. I 11

Inv.-Nr. A/2/101+102

current location unknown, probably excavation or SCA store rooms

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Gardner, Iain, Anthony Alcock, and Wolf-PeterFunk. 1999. Coptic Documentary Texts from Kellis I P. Kell. V (P. Kell. Copt. 10–52; O. Kell. Copt. 1–2), Dakhleh Oasis Project: Monograph 9. Oxford: Oxbow Books. 128-131 & pl. 3.

Additional bibliography

• Choat, Malcolm. 2006. Belief and Cult in Fourth-Century Papyri, Studia Antiqua Australiensia 1. Turnhout: Brepols.

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2020
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2020, "Artefact ID 99", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/99
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