(CE:A151b)
LYCO-DIOSPOLITAN. A new dialectological designation connected to the siglum L (see LYCOPOLITAN [OR LYCO-DIOSPOLITAN OR SUBAKHMIMIC]), now considered as appropriate and accepted by several Coptologists. Indeed, not only Lycopolis (Asyut) and its area but virtually every place between this area in the north and the area of Diospolis Magna (Thebes, Luxor) in the south must be taken into consideration as a possible home of the L dialects (L4, the Mani dialect; L5, the John dialect; L6, the Nag Hammadi non-Sahidic dialect).
RODOLPHE KASSER
WOLF-PETER FUNK
Claremont Coptic Encyclopedia
