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Artefact ID1600
TM IDTM 64434
Findspot (DEChriM ID)12   (Ismant al-Ḫarāb)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

P. Kellis 2 91: Amulet (?) 
This intact mini-bifolium (4.2 x 5.7 cm, a single page measuring 2.85 cm), now in three fragments, contains a quite clearly Manichaean prayer of praise, containing a number of Manichaean terms and epithets (starting with τὸν πρωτότοκον λόγον, line 2-4). Despite its page format, the text is complete and not presumed to have formed part of a larger codex. P. Kellis 2 92 shows similar content and use.

Selection criteria-
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Find context

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Excavated at Kellis by the Dakhleh Oasis Project. Discovered in Structure 3, Room 1, level 4.

Accession number

Egypt, Kellis, excavations, house 3, A/3/19

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference edition
• Gardner, Iain. 1996. Kellis Literary Texts. Volume I. Oxford: Oxbow Books. 132-136, No. P. Kell. Gr. 91. Plate 21.

Editio princeps
• Jenkins, Geoffrey. 1995. “Papyrus 1 from Kellis. A Greek text with affinities to the Acts of John. Appendix: A single codex sheet from Kellis. A Manichaean miniature Greek codex (papyrus 2)” In The Apocryphal Acts of John, edited by Jan. N. Bremmer. Kampen: Kok Pharos. 217-230.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1600", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1600
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