Artefact ID | 1168 |
TM ID | TM 108582 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 35 (Qarāra) | Class | Textual |
Material | Papyrus |
Writing medium | Codex |
Text content | Literary |
Language | Coptic |
Description | Remains of 21 folios containing various parts of the Pauline Epistles (1 Cor 8:5-9:13, Heb 11:30-13:25 & subscriptio, Gal 1:1-3:19, 4:24-27, & 5:5-8, Eph 2:11-3:21, 4:2-12.16-20.26-29, 5:4-12.18-25, 5:27-6:1, & 6:6-12.15-20, Phil parts of adscriptio and 1:1-3.9-28, 2:2-4.14-15, Col 1:16-18.24-27, 2:1-4:18, 1 Thess adscriptio and 1:1-2:19) The writing area was outlined with pink chalk but not slavishly obeyed; cursive handwriting style; pages are numbered above the center of a single column of writing with the highest page number observed being 144; the sequence of the individual letters seems deviant. |
Selection criteria | Coptic language |
Date from | 301 |
Date to | 400 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography, codex format |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | Uncertain, possibly Qarara |
Accession number | Zurich, Private collection of F. Nussberger-Tchacos |