| Artefact ID | 1241 |
| TM ID | TM 699684 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
| Text content | Literary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | This fragment (7 x 7.3 cm) contains Psalm 9:22–26 in two columns (with an intercolumnium of 1.2 cm). The right column is hinted at with a few visible letter remnants. The editors take the present text to be the recto, due to its writing along the fibers; the assumed verso contains a fragmentary and faded documentary text (possibly a letter) by a different hand and written upside down to the recto. Although the origin of this fragment could be either Jewish or Christian, there has as of yet been no conclusive evidence for a Jewish presence at Kellis. Other papyri containing this section of Psalms are P.Rain.Cent. 24 (Psalms 9:12-14, 16-25 on papyrus) and P.Vindob. G 1128 (Psalms 9:12-27 on parchment). The papyrus is a rare Christian find among the Manichaean-heavy/predominantly Manichaean evidence found at Kellis. |
| Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical) |
| Date from | 325 |
| Date to | 375 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography and find context |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Excavated at Kellis by the Dakhleh Oasis Project in 1997. Discovered in excavation area D/8, Room 8, level 4, Group on left. |
| Accession number | Ismant el-Kharab, Australian excavations 1997, registration no. P97.44 Ro |
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