dd001 | 1 | berkeley.apis.4968
dd035 | 1 | (CU)4968
dd046 | 1 | 590
dd046 | 2 | 627
dd090 | 1 | P.Berk.01
dd100_a | 1 | Joseph, 7th cent. A.D.
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.
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; 3 lines on verso across the fibers
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.
dd544_n | 1 | Bishop Pisentius' extensive correspondence (only letters addressed 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) p. 133-177; 10 (1902) p. 34-47; 14 (1914) p. 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; Coptic Christian saints; Christians
dd653 | 2 | Coptos
dd655 | 1 | Business letters, Roman Period; Christian texts
dd655_phy | 2 | Papyri
dd852 | 1 | CU
dd856_m | 1 | http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/apisdb/record/4968