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Artefact ID1556
TM IDTM 64264
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentUncertain
LanguageGreek
Description

P. Amst. 1 20; van Haelst 847: Small fragment (4.2 x 4.4 cm), possibly part of a hymn with liturgical use. The right and bottom border are intact, with a margin of 1 cm at the bottom. The verso is empty. 5 strongly fragmented lines remain, since the top and left borders of the fragment are missing:
]μη
] ἅγιοι ὕμνοι
]ν/ἅγιος ἅγιος
ἅγιος ὁ καθή]μενος ἐν δεξιᾷ
τοῦ πατρ]ός. + + + +

Selection criteriaSubliterary genre (Liturgical), Christian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from200
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography; the reference edition considers the hand a «Geschäftsschrift». Mihálykó 2019 dates it much later, to the 7th c., seeing similarities to P.Rain.Cent. 31 (7th/8th c.) and P.Amst. 1 9a v.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown provenance

Accession number

Vienna, Nationalbibliothek G 26154

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference edition
• Salomons, Robert P., Pieter J. Sijpesteijn and Klaas A. Worp. 1980. Die Amsterdamer Papyri I (P.Amst. I). Zutphen: Terra. 42, No. 20. Plate IX.

Editio princeps
• Sijpesteijn. Pieter J. 1970. “Sechs christliche Texte aus der Amsterdamer Papyrussammlung.” Studia Papyrologica 9. 93–100: 98, No. IV.

Additional bibliography
• Mihálykó, Ágnes. 2019. The Christian Liturgical Papyri: An Introduction. Studien zur Antike und Christentum 114. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. 316, No. 125.
• van Haelst, Joseph. 1976. Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens. Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne. 284, No. 847.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1556", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1556
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