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Artefact ID1430
TM IDTM 62029
Findspot (DEChriM ID)53   (Ǧabal Mūsā)
ClassTextual
MaterialParchment
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageGreek
Description

Rahlfs 931: Leviticus 22.3 – 23.22 written in two columns, 31 remaining lines on two leaves. Damaged upper, left and right border, missing 4-5 lines at the top with only the bottom being intact. Contains multiple nomina sacra with supralinear stroke (θς, κς, ιηλ, ανος). Originally published by Brugsch as alleged fragments forming part of the Codex Sinaiticus, it is now merely considered to be of a similar age.

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Biblical), Nomina sacra
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown. Discovered by Heinrich Brugsch Bey in the library of the Monastery of St. Catherine on 5 April 1875 among other fragments.

Accession number

Sinai, St. Catherine's Monastery, Harris fr. 1

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Brugsch Bey, Heinrich Karl. 1875. Neue Bruchstücke des Codex Sinaiticus aufgefunden in der Bibliothek des Sinai-Klosters. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. No. 1.

Additional bibliography
• Harris, James Rendel. 1890. Biblical Fragments from Mount Sinai. London: C. J. Clay and Sons. 57-64, No. 15.
• Smith Lewis, Agnes. 1894. “Appendix: Fragments, Chiefly Greek.” In Catalogue of the Syriac Mss. in the Convent of S. Catharine on Mount Sinai. Studia Sinaitica No. 1. London: J. C. Clay and Sons. 95-96, No. 1.
• 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. 364-365, Sigel 931.
• Turner, Eric G. 1977. The Typology of the Early Codex. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 167, OT 34.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1430", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1430
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