| Artefact ID | 1415 |
| TM ID | TM 107813 (to be completed) |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 31 (Dayr al-Balāyza) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Parchment |
| Writing medium | Codex |
| Text content | Literary |
| Language | Coptic |
| Description | P.Bala'izah 1 5 Fragments of leaves containing 1 Samuel 29:3-9 in Sahidic Coptic. Part of a parchment codex containing the Books of Kings (Schûssler 2012:94). Text on two columns. |
| Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical) |
| Date from | 400 |
| Date to | 600 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography. Kahle 1954:312 suggests 401-600, which is endorsed by Schûssler 2012:94, while Orsini 2019:128 proposes 501-600. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Found by W.M. Flinders Petrie at Dayr al-Balāyza in 1907. |
| Accession number | Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Copt. d. 188 a-b (P) + MS. Copt. e. 14 (P) |
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