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Artefact ID1459
TM IDTM 69003
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialParchment
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageGreek
Description

Rahlfs 872: Fragment containing Jeremiah 41,3; 41,10–11; 42,9–10; 42,16–17 
Inner fragment (8,7 x 3,2 cm) of a codex double-page made of fine sheep parchment, written in light carbon ink. The original two-column codex contained 26 short lines per column (usually 10-11 letters per line, at a letter height of 2,5-3 mm). Parts of 8 lines of the inner column are still visible on each page. Writing covered 13 x 9 cm and the total page size was 17 x 12 cm. The Book of Jeremiah would fill a ca. 250-page codex (even 300 pages, if Baruch and Lamentations were included). This sheet was almost in the very middle of the codex, the center double leaf would have contained Jeremiah 41,12–42,8. On line 15, a spiritus and a circumflex were added by a second hand in dark ink.
Nomen sacrum with supralinear stroke (line 28: πρς). Other instances of Jeremiah include P.Vindob. G 26093 (5/6th c., parchment) and P.Berl. 17212 (3rd c., papyrus).

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

Palaeography; the ed.pr. tends towards the early 4th c.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown provenance. Van Haelst 114, 204, 225, 258, 394, 450, 496, 512, 513 und 1161 were stored with G 19890 and G 19891; the handwritten inventory by Wessely claims these inventory numbers were part of the 1891 purchases, which would indicate Soknopaiou Nesos as place of origin, however Harrauer/Worp 1993 rule this out and presume the year noted is an error.

Accession number

Vienna, Nationalbibliothek G 19891

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Treu, Kurt. 1974. “Vier Wiener Septuagintafragmente.” Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik (JOB). 23. Band, edited by Herbert Hunger. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 1-9: 7-9, No. 4.

Additional bibliography
• Harrauer, Hermann and Klaas A. Worp. 1993. “Literarische Papyri aus Soknopaiu Nesos. Eine Übersicht.” Tyche. Beiträge zur Alten Geschichte, Papyrologie und Epigraphik 8. 35-40: 38-39.
• Horsley, Gregory H. R. 1982. New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity. Volume 2. A Review of the Greek Inscriptions and Papyri Published in 1977. Macquarie University: The Ancient History Documentary Research Centre. 122, §87.29.
• 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. 400, Sigel 872.
• Treu, Kurt. 1978. “Christliche Papyri VI.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung (AfP) 26. 149-159: 153, Altes Testament No. 311a.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1459", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1459
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