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Image Number:
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JRL19010049
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Reference Number:
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Coptic P Add 50
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Parent Work Title:
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Letter of Christ to Abgar
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Date Created:
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7th-8th century
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Page/Sheet:
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Recto
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Description:
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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.
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Language Code:
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cop-EG
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Language:
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Coptic (Sahidic)
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Subject:
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Wooden tablets
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Subject:
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Coptic language--Writing
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Subject:
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Abgar letters
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Tablets
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Sub-Category:
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Correspondence
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Wood
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Creation Site:
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Egypt: Oxyrynchites
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Discovery Site:
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Egypt: Oxyrynchites
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Time Period Covered:
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400–799 CE
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Places Covered:
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Egypt: Oxyrynchites
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People Covered:
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Jesus Christ
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People Covered:
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Abgar V, King of Edessa, 4 B.C.-50 A.D
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Item Height:
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117 mm
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Item Width:
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460 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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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
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References:
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Giversen, S., 'Ab Abgarum. The Sahidic version of the letter to Abgar on a wooden tablet'. i: Acta Orientalia 24 (København 1959), 71-82
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Notes:
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Listed in Trismegistos: 111687
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2019-01-02
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2019-02
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Rylands
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