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Artefact ID1165
TM IDTM 108216
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageCoptic
Description

Fragmentarily preserved codex containing the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 2:11-16:39 & 18:18-28:30) in Coptic (early non-standard S), final folio contains title and prayer; reconstructed codex size has ratio 2:1 of height by width

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

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

None, editors identified linguistic features pointing to Hermopolis

Accession number

Berlin, Staatliche Museen, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung P. 15926

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Hintze, Fritz, and Hans-Martin Schenke. 1970. Die Berliner Handschrift der sahidischen Apostelgeschichte (P. 15 926), Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der altchristlichen Literatur 109. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag.

Additional bibliography

• Schüssler, Karlheinz. 2001. Das sahidische Alte und Neue Testament sa 500–520, Biblia Coptica: Die koptischen Bibeltexte III/1. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 90-92 sa 515.

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 1165", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1165
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