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Artefact ID1067
TM IDTM 64433
Findspot (DEChriM ID)12   (Ismant al-Ḫarāb)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentUncertain
LanguageGreek
Archive/DossierArchive
Description

P.Kellis II Gr. 93: Text with Sethian terminology. Lower corner of a leaf from a papyrus codex (77x27 mm). Little is left of the text, only the last (recto) and first (verso) word(s) of each line is preserved. What can be read include the terms αὐτογένους, αἰώνιον, and ἀρσενι[κος?]. Ed.pr. drew attention to parallel terminology in the Nag Hammadi literature, but noted that the occurrence of the phrase ‘I swear’ (ὁρκίζω) suggests the text to be an invocation of some sort. 

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Non-canonical)
Date from301
Date to400
Dating criteria

Find context

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

House 3, room 1, level 1 (south end)

Accession number

Kellis, excavations Dakleh Oasis Project 1986-, inv. P.92.13

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Gardner, Iain, with contributions from S. Clackson, M. Franzmann, and K. A. Worp. 1996. Literary Texts from Kellis Vol. 1. Oxford: Oxbow, 141–142, No. 93. Plate 23.

Authors
Håkon F. Teigen, 2022
Suggested citation
Håkon F. Teigen, 2022, "Artefact ID 1067", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1067
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