A Coptic letter written to a former draconarius by Serenus, son of Donatus (P.Heid. Inv. Kopt. 241)

• Verfasst von: Vanderheyden, Loreleï [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: A Coptic letter written to a former draconarius by Serenus, son of Donatus (P.Heid. Inv. Kopt. 241)
• Verf.angabe: by Lorelei͏̈ Vanderheyden
• Jahr: 2023
• Umfang: 15 S.
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 09.08.2024
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Journal of Coptic studies
• Ort Quelle: Leuven : Peeters, 1990
• Jahr Quelle: 2023
• Band/Heft Quelle: 25(2023), Seite 271-285
• ISSN Quelle: 1783-1512
• DOI: doi:10.2143/JCS.25.0.3292065
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1883592038

Abstract

The papyrus P.Heid. Kopt. 241 is exceptional in many respects: it is in an almost perfect state of preservation, the correspondents involved probably belong to a military milieu, and its non-standard Coptic makes it valuable for the study of the Middle Egyptian dialect. This letter shows that the official languages of the Empire, namely Greek or Latin, were not the only languages used for written communication with veterans or former officials, and emphasizes that Coptic sources should also be taken into consideration when working on Late Antique administration.