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Artefact ID1539
TM IDTM 62011
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialParchment
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageGreek
Description

P. Mich. 3 131; van Haelst 11: Codex page fragment containing Genesis 13:7-10 
Fragment of a parchment codex (10 x 4.4 cm), 8 lines remain visible on both the recto (Genesis 13:7-8) and the verso (Genesis 13:10). A complete single-column codex would have had 22-23 lines per page, and 18-20 letters per line. There is however the possibility that this was a two-column codex, and the present fragment shows the outer column of its pages. Line 6-7 of the verso (Genesis 13:10) shows the variant εως αν ελ[θη] instead of εως ελθειν. Nomen sacrum with supralinear stroke: θς.

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

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown provenance. Purchased in Egypt in early 1924.

Accession number

Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 2724

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Sanders, Henry A. and Carl Schmidt. 1927. The Minor Prophets in the Freer Collection and the Berlin Fragment of Genesis. New York: The Macmillan Company. 430.

Additional bibliography
• Sanders, Henry A. 1936. Michigan Papyri, Vol. III. Papyri in the University of Michigan Collection. Miscellaneous Papyri, edited by John Garrett Winter. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. 1, No. 131. 
• 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. 9, Sigel 832.
• Turner, Eric G. 1977. The Typology of the Early Codex. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 164, OT 6.
• van Haelst, Joseph. 1976. Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens. Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne. 32, No. 11.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1539", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1539
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