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Artefact ID	1460
TM ID	TM 62020
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	28 (al-Bahnasā)
Class	Textual
Material	Parchment
Writing medium	Codex
Text content	Literary
Language	Greek
Description	P.Oxy. LXV 4444, Rahlfs 856: Sapientia Salomonis 4,17–5,1 The fragment (8,7 x 8,6 cm) stems from the lower outer corner of a single-column vellum codex and contains parts of Book of Wisdom 4,17-19 and 4,19-5,1. Remains of 12 of the original 17 lines per page are still visible on each side. The complete text covered 9 x 7 cm, a page in total measured ca. 14 x 11 cm. Written in a Biblical Uncial, lines were arranged by colon with indentations. No punctuation apart from a double point on line 6 of the recto. Nomina sacra with supralinear stroke (κς). Corresponds to Codex Vaticanus apart from line 6 on the verso, which reads ἐξελέγξει instead of ἐλέγξει (4,20). The ed.pr. notes similarities to the hand of P.Berl. 5011.
Selection criteria	Literary genre (Biblical), Nomina sacra
Date from	300
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Palaeography
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Found in al-Bahnasā (Oxyrhynchos) during the excavations of Bernard Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt between 1896 and 1907.
Accession number	Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms P. Oxy. 4444

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference edition
• Sparks, Irving A. and Revel A. Coles. 1998. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. LXV, edited by Michael W. Haslam et al. Graeco-Roman Memoirs 85. London: Egypt Exploration Society. 8-10, No. 4444. Plates II, III.

Editio princeps
• Sparks, Irvin Alan. 1972. “A Fragment of Sapientia Salomonis from Oxyrhynchus.” Journal for the Study of Judaism 3(2): 149-152.

Additional bibliography
• 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. 306, Sigel 856.
• Nongbri, Brent. 2018. God's Library: The Archaeology of the Earliest Christian Manuscripts. New Haven: Yale University Press. 235.
• Orsini, Pasquale. 2005. Manoscritti in maiuscola biblica. Materiali per un aggiornamento. Rome: Edizioni dell’Università degli Studi di Cassino: 112-113.
• Römer, Cornelia. 1999. “Christliche Texte III (1997–1998)“. Archiv für Papyrusforschung (AfP) 45. 138–148: 139, Altes Testament (AT) 6 [276a].
• Treu, Kurt. 1978. “Christliche Papyri VI.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung (AfP) 26. 149-159: 153, Altes Testament No. 276a.

Authors

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022

Suggested citation

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1460", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1460

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External links

TM 62020 / LDAB 3179 DCLP (PN) Oxyrhynchus Online (Image Database) Oxyrhynchus Papyri (University of Oxford – Online)

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