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Image Number: 
JRL19010049
Reference Number: 
Coptic P Add 50
Parent Work Title: 
Letter of Christ to Abgar
Date Created: 
7th-8th century
Page/Sheet: 
Recto
Description: 
A wooden tablet bears a Coptic version of Christ's to King Abgar. There are ten complete lines of text, and another half line on the lower right. Nail holes in the wood, probably used to hung over a wall or a doorway.
Language Code: 
cop-EG
Language: 
Coptic (Sahidic)
Subject: 
Wooden tablets
Subject: 
Coptic language--Writing
Subject: 
Abgar letters
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Tablets
Sub-Category: 
Correspondence
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Wood
Creation Site: 
Egypt: Oxyrynchites
Discovery Site: 
Egypt: Oxyrynchites
Time Period Covered: 
400–799 CE
Places Covered: 
Egypt: Oxyrynchites
People Covered: 
Jesus Christ
People Covered: 
Abgar V, King of Edessa, 4 B.C.-50 A.D
Item Height: 
117 mm
Item Width: 
460 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
References: 
Crum, W. E., 'New Coptic manuscripts in the John Rylands Library', Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, vol. 5, no. 5 (1920), pp. 497-503
References: 
Giversen, S., 'Ab Abgarum. The Sahidic version of the letter to Abgar on a wooden tablet'. i: Acta Orientalia 24 (København 1959), 71-82
Notes: 
Listed in Trismegistos: 111687
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2019-01-02
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2019-02
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Rylands