The text is possibly a letter, addressing the receiver in the second person singular and also mentioning ''your wife'', ''your sons'', although no letter formulae remain in the extant text. Writer gives a long list of products, mostly with amounts, and services he provided, in many cases ''without a fee''. The text contains no date.
Letter listing products and services (TM 47750)
This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
- Reference
- GB 59 Or 6809
- Dates of Creation
- 6th century
- Language of Material
- Coptic
- Physical Description
- Papyrus sheet with a Coptic text on both sides. The text starts on verso against the fibres and continues on recto along the fibres. There are 19 lines on verso and 4 lines on recto. The beginning of the text is missing. Materials: Papyrus. Dimensions:. Script: A not very regular but practised documentary hand, supralinear strokes and trema are used, with some ligatures.
Scope and Content
Access Information
Not Public Record(s)
Unrestricted
Bibliography
S. Clackson, 'Four Coptic Papyri from the Patermouthis Archive in the British Library', Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists, 32 (1995), pp. 97-116 (mentioned on p. 98). Metadata provided by the ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz.