4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1530
TM ID	TM 64545
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Subliterary
Language	Greek
Description	BKT 9 44; P.Berl. Sarischouli 1: Two liturgical hymns The sheet measures 10.2 x 10.5 cm, with 14 lines on the recto, and 13 strongly faded lines on the verso. It features what appear to be hymns to Christ and on his resurrection on both sides, including the denial of Peter. A double slash in line 5 on the recto indicates a verse division and a possible hymnic character. Nomina sacra occur on the verso in lines 4, 7, 12 and 13: ΧΕ, ΠΡΑ, ΙΣ. The verso contains the ending line of a receipt at the top; it remains unclear in which order the papyrus was written on, since the two Christian texts are not connected. The receipt was written in a different hand, thus perhaps the sheet was purchased with the receipt remnants present and the liturgical text later written around it.
Selection criteria	Subliterary genre (Liturgical), Nomina sacra
Date from	300
Date to	499
Dating criteria	Palaeography; similarities in hand are noted to P.Berol. 16356 (5th c.) and BKT 9 143 (3rd c.).
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Like a large number of the Berlin papyri, the fragment was purchased in the Fayum. BKT 9 24 came from one of Fayum boxes as well, however they are not necessarily from the same find.
Accession number	Berlin, Staatliche Museen P. 21143

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