dd001 | 1 | berkeley.apis.4968 dd035 | 1 | (CU)4968 dd046 | 1 | 590 dd046 | 2 | 627 dd041 | 1 | cop dd090 | 1 | P.Berk.01 dd100_a | 1 | Joseph dd100_4 | 1 | aut dd100_a | 2 | Pisentius, Bishop of Coptos, 569-632 A.D. dd100_4 | 2 | asn dd245_a | 1 | Letter : from Joseph to Pisentius, Bishop of Coptos dd245_f | 1 | Between 590 and 627 A.D. dd300 | 1 | 1 papyrus ; 6.2 x 29 cm.6.2 x 29 cm. dd340_e | 1 | papyrus dd500_rec | 1 | Verso: Address dd500 | 1 | Margins: recto top: 1 cm.; verso: bottom: 2.7 cm. dd500 | 2 | Pisentius dossier dd500_lin | 1 | 5 lines on recto along the fibers; verso: 3 lines across the fivers 5 lines; verso: 3 lines dd500_pal | 1 | Regular dd500_tra | 1 | I greet your lordship, Holy Father, I salute [you, that] you may forgive me because I have dared to ...." After a break in the papyrus removes the description of the of his offense, Joseph continues to ask forgiveness, referring to the Bishop's charity. dd520 | 1 | Joseph addresses Apa Pisentius, probably Bishop of Coptos (569-632 A.D.), who fled from Coptos to western Thebes during the Sassanian invasion of Egypt in the early 7th century. His extensive correspondence (only letters addresses to him) circulated on the antiquities market in the 19th century and are mainly held by the Louvre (see Revillout, Eugene. "Textes coptes: Extraits de la correspondence de St. Pesunthius, eveque de Coptos, et de plusiers documents analogues (juridiques ou economiques)." Revue Egyptologique 9 (1900): 133-177; 10 (1902): 34-47; 14 (1914): 22-32. dd546 | 1 | Coptic dd581 | 1 | The Ancient World, 3100 B.C.-800 A.D.: Early Writing from Mesopotamia and Egypt (Catalogue 141). Newton, Mass.: The Rendells Inc., 1979. p. 119-120. "Letter to the Bishop of Coptos. A fragment containing the beginning of a letter to Bishop Pesenthius by "Joseph, your servant, addressed on the verso to the bishop, "perfect in virtue." The text begins: "I greet your lordship, Holy Father, I salute [you, that] you may forgive me because I have dared to ...." A break in the papyrus removes the description of the of his offense, but he continues to ask forgiveness, referring to the Bishop's charity. ca. 590-627 A.D. 63 by 279 mm. [2 1/2 by 15 inches]." dd653 | 1 | Bishops, Coptic Church dd653 | 2 | Coptos dd655 | 1 | Business letters, Roman Period dd852 | 1 | CU dd856_m | 1 | http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/apisdb/record/4968