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Artefact ID1190
TM IDTM 62013
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialWood
Writing mediumTablet
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

T.Mil.Vogl. inv. 5: inscribed wooden fragment

Unedited inscribed wooden object, completely preserved with Psalm 12.3-5, probably used in an educational context: the words are separated by an oblique line and syllables are marked off (see Gallazzi in Bucking 1997: 136 and n. 19). The quality of the wood, the craftsmanship displayed by the visible side of the piece (which, differently from the other side, is polished), as well as the groove (perpendicular on the axis of the object) located on the non-written side indicate that we are not dealing with a proper wooden writing tablet.

Selection criteriaBiblical quote or paraphrase
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

Milan, Università Statale, T.Mil.Vogl. inv. 5

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Brashear, W.M. and Hoogendijk, F.A.J. 1990. "Corpus Tabularum Lignearum Ceratarumque Aegyptiarum". Enchoria 17, 21-54 (p. 39 and n. 74).

• Bucking, Scott. 1997. "Christian Educational Texts from Egypt: A Preliminary Inventory." In Akten des 21. Internationalen Papyrologenkongresses, Berlin, 13.—19. 8. 1995. ed. B. Kramer, W. Luppe, H. Maehler and G. Poethke. Archiv Beiheft 3. Stuttgart and Leipzig, 132-138. 

• Rahlfs, Alfred. 2004. Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments, no. 2224 (p. 233-234).

Worp, Klaas. 2012. A New Survey of Greek, Coptic, Demotic and Latin Tabulae Preserved from Classical Antiquity. Trismegistos Online Publications 6. Leiden-Leuven, no. 213 (p. 34).

Authors
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021, 2022
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, Victor Ghica, 2021, 2022, "Artefact ID 1190", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1190