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Artefact ID1
TM IDTM 107966
Findspot (DEChriM ID)25   (Aḫmīm)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageCoptic
Description

BnF 135 A; BnF Ms copte 135.1-1-6

Papyrus codex containing Exodus in Coptic (Akhmimic dialect). 

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Biblical), Coptic language
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography (acc. to PAThs); note, however, that Gascou (2008: 361) quotes Turner (Typology, 198 ad C12) with a date into 5th c.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

None; bought by Maspero in Aḫmīm in winter 1894/95 (Lacau 1911: 43).

Accession number

Paris, National Library of France, Ms Copte 135 B 4 Vo.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference edition:

• Lacau, Pierre. 1911. "Textes coptes en dialectes akhmimique et sahidique." Bulletin de lʼInstitut français dʼarchéologie orientale 8: 45-64 [43-109].

Additional bibliography:

• Gascou, Jean. 1989. "Les codex documentaires égyptiens." In Les débuts du codex. Actes de la journée dʼétude organisée à Paris les 3 et 4 juillet 1985 par lʼInstitut de papyrologie de la Sorbonne et lʼInstitut de recherche et dʼhistoire des textes, edited by Alain Blanchard, 71-101. Turnhout: Brepols, 82.

• Gascou, Jean. 2008. Fiscalité et société en Égypte byzantine, Bilans de Recherche 4. Paris: Association des amis du Centre d’histoire et civilization de Byzance, 361 [351-376]]. (reprint of Gascou 1989).

Authors
Mary Jane Cuyler, Matthias Müller, 2020, 2021
Suggested citation
Mary Jane Cuyler, Matthias Müller, 2020, 2021, "Artefact ID 1", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1
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