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Artefact ID1136
TM IDTM 107988
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialParchment
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageCoptic
Description

According to Kahle, a fragment containing a portion of 1 Sam (1 Kgs) in Coptic (F); Drescher (1970: XIV note 2) noted to have examined the fragment and that he was unable to decipher the text; the fragment had been examined afresh by Perttilä (2017: 23 & 39–40), who identified it as preserving parts from 1 Sam (1 Kgs) 25:31-34.

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Biblical), Coptic language
Date from301
Date to400
Dating criteria

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Copt. e. 162 (P)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Additional bibliography

• Drescher, James. 1970. The Coptic (Sahidic) Version of Kingdoms I, II (Samuel I, II), Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium 313 = Scriptores Coptici 35. Louvain: Secrétariat du CorpusSCO, XIV note 2.

• Kahle, Paul Eric. 1954. Bala’izah. Coptic Texts from from Deir el-Bala’izah in Upper Egypt I. Oxford: The Griffith Institute & Oxford University Press, 274.

• Perttilä, Elina. 2017. Sahidic 1 Samuel – A Daughter Version of the Septuagint 1 Reigns, De Septuaginta Investigationes 8. Göttingen & Bristol/CT: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 23 & 39-40.

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 1136", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1136
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