1. Papyrus 2488
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2488
- Title:
- Private Letter to Paieous about Clothing (P.Lond. VI 1920, SB Kopt. III 1311, TM 44659)
- Scope & Content:
- A letter addressed to the confessor Paieous from a certain Hatre, who greets the recipient and the Meletian community and requests the making of a cloak and some shoes. The address is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Coptic
- Date Range:
- 330-340
- Extent:
-
A light-brown papyrus sheet, lacking portions on its left-hand side; writing is across the fibres on the front; the bottom margin measures 45 mm. The back has a one-line docket written along the fibres and a parallelogram. Mounted in a glass case.
