The text is of legal nature, a deed of mediation. The issuer might be a person named Cyros. It is fragmentary, therefore, the contents are vague. Patermoute`s (=Patermouthis) mother is mentioned, and ''your wife, Tapia'', then a recurring word seems to be ''imprisonment/imprisoning someone''. The text contains no date.
Deed of mediation (P.Lond.Copt. 446, TM 47751).
This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
- Reference
- GB 59 Or 5655
- Former Reference
- GB 59 P.Lond.Copt. 446
- Dates of Creation
- 5th century-6th century
- Language of Material
- Coptic
- Physical Description
- Papyrus sheet in two fragments which belong together the smaller one precedes the larger one. Recto is written against the fibres in Coptic in 8 (smaller fragment) and 11 lines (larger fragment) there is an endorsement in 1 line on verso along the fibres. Materials: Papyrus. Dimensions: 63.5 x 152.4 mm, 108 x 159 mm. Script: A small, uneven, ligatured hand.
Scope and Content
Access Information
Not Public Record(s)
Unrestricted
Bibliography
W. E. Crum, Catalogue of the Coptic Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1905), pp. 208-209, Nr. 446. 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 (p. 98). Metadata provided by the ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz.