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Artefact ID1423
TM IDTM 65856
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

Verso of SB 24 15900 (TM 79234; P. Med. 71.86 c Ro), assumed to be a documentary text (accounting list?). The small fragment (4 x 2.9 cm) contains Psalm 148:7-8, possibly used as an amulet. It is incomplete on all sides and features brownish stains due to humidity. The text is irregularly distributed over the four visible lines, with either line 1 being twice as long as the subsequent lines, or parts of the Psalm being omitted by the scribe. A nomen sacrum (κν) is located on the first line. Psalm 148 only occurs in three other papyri (PSI VIII 980, PSI XVII Congr. 1, CtYBR inv. 3082 [unpubl.]) and two parchment fragments (Van Haelst no. 235, P. Ryl. III 462).

Selection criteriaNomina sacra, Biblical quote or paraphrase
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography: roughly dated from the fourth century to the sixth century. Similarities to P. Chester Beatty XII noted in ed.pr. indicate second half of the fourth century.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown provenance.

Accession number

Milan, Università Cattolica, P. Med. inv. 71.86 e V

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Daris, Sergio. 1997. “Psalmus 148,7–8”, Aegyptus 77: 3-6.

Additional bibliography
• 1998. “Errata corrige a Aegyptus LXXVII (1997): Psalmus 148,7-8”, Aegyptus 78: 132.
• de Bruyn, Theodore S., and Jitse H.F. Dijkstra. 2011. “Greek Amulets and Formularies from Egypt Containing Christian Elements: A Checklist of Papyri, Parchments, Ostraka, and Tablets.” Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists (BASP) 48: 163-216. No. 135, 204-205.
• Rahlfs, Alfred, and Detlef Fraenkel. 2004. Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments. Vol. 1.1: Die Überlieferung bis zum VIII. Jahrhundert. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. 232, Sigel 2169.
• Römer, Cornelia. 1999. “Christliche Texte III (1997–1998)”. Archiv für Papyrusforschung (AfP) 45. 138–148: 139, Altes Testament (AT) 5 [239a].

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1423", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1423
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