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Artefact ID1246
TM IDTM 130506
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialParchment
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageCoptic
Description

P.Monts.Roca II 10 + Schøyen MS 1363 = Schüssler sa 146

Four leaves with excerpts from the Song of Songs (Cant 4:8-9, 4:12-14, 5:8-9, and 8:1-2.4-5) belonging to the third quaternion quire of a miniature codex. Only the Montserrat leaves are edited.

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Biblical), Coptic language
Date from401
Date to630
Dating criteria

Palaeography, language and dating of other miniature codices. Alin Suciu dates it to around 600, on palaeographical and codicological grounds and using as comparanda the codices found at the monastery of Apa Jeremiah at Saqqāra, which were associated with coinage dated to the end of the 6th and beginning of the 7th century. Compare, for example, P.Mich. Inv. No. 167.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

Montserrat, Abadia Roca 760 [P.Monts.Roca II 10] 

+ Oslo, Private collection Schøyen MS 1363

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Torallas Tovar, Sofía. 2007. Biblica Coptica Montserratensia (P.Monts.Roca II), Orientalia Montserratensia 2. Barcelona: Publicacions de l'Abadia de Montserrat - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 55-58 & pl. XI.

(Schøyen part as yet unpublished)

Additional bibliography

• Schüssler, Karlheinz (†). 2012. Das sahidische Alte und Neue Testament sa 121–184, bearbeitet von Frank Feder und Hans Förster, Biblia Coptica: Die koptischen Bibeltexte II/1. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 75-76.

• Torallas Tovar, Sofía. 2005. "Los fragmentos coptos bíblicos del fondo Roca-Puig de la Abadía de Montserrat." Collectanea Christiana Orientalia 2: 291 [287–296].

Authors
Matthias Müller, Victor Ghica, 2021, 2022
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, Victor Ghica, 2021, 2022, "Artefact ID 1246", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1246
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