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Artefact ID1445
TM IDTM 67959
Findspot (DEChriM ID)53   (Ǧabal Mūsā)
ClassTextual
MaterialParchment
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageGreek
Description

Rahlfs 2029: Nine fragments of Psalms 101,3-115,2
The fragments made of thin, transparent parchment are attached to two boards (5 on one board, 4 on the other), thus making the verso inaccessible. Although the versos contain faded letters and is almost illegible, the ed.pr. mentions several rubricated Ἀλληλουια on the verso visible from the recto. Originally, the fragments must have formed a single-column codex with c. 20 lines per page. Nomina sacra with supralinear stroke (κς, ανος, ιηλ).

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

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown. Viewed by J. Rendel Harris in Spring 1889 in the library of the Monastery of St. Catherine.

Accession number

Sinai, St Catharine’s Monastery, Harris fr. 4

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Harris, James Rendel. 1890. Biblical Fragments from Mount Sinai. London: C. J. Clay and Sons. viii-ix, 4-10, No. 4.

Additional bibliography
• Rahlfs, Alfred. 1907. Septuaginta-Studien. 2. Heft. Der Text des Septuaginta-Psalters. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. 16-17, 104.
• 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. 363-364, Sigel 2029.
• Turner, Eric G. 1977. The Typology of the Early Codex. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 177, OT 138.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1445", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1445
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