| Artefact ID | 1210 |
| TM ID | TM 64494 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
| Text content | Documentary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | SB XXIV 16340: List of Christian Books. Fragment of a sheet of papyrus, broken at top, bottom and right side, containing an extract from a library catalogue listing titles of Biblical and Theological books: Old Testament (Leviticus, Job, Exodus, Numbers), New Testament (Gospels [Mega biblion], Acts of the Apostles), the Shepherd of Hermas, works of Origen and anonymous commentaries. Before every title appears the mention "derma", meaning "parchment" (and as such, codices) or maybe just "book". Recto: rapid and slanting cursive running along the fibres, 17 lines; verso is blank. |
| Selection criteria | Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Biblical quote or paraphrase |
| Date from | 325 |
| Date to | 399 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography: the ed. compares the hand with BGU II 408 (312, Philadelphia) but spciefies that P.Ash.inv. 3. is "somewhat later and in a finer hand". |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | - |
| Accession number | Oxford, Ashmolean Museum P. 3 |
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