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Artefact ID17
TM IDTM 219236
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialParchment
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentSubliterary, Uncertain
LanguageGreek
Description

P.Monts.Roca IV 58

Parchment fragment (13 x 14.6 cm) containing an unknown Christian text, perhaps pertaining to the ordination of a priest; see ed. pr.

The fragment is a palimpsest: the original text, as well as a possible second text, have been effectively removed before the copying of the extant, Christian text. Small punctures in the lower margin indicate that the final text (and possibly the previous text as well; see ed. pr.) was written transversa charta on a folio intended for a manuscript.

The fragment preserves 12 lines of text on the flesh-side, while the hair-side remains blank. The script is a semi-cursive hand, sloping to the right, and it is written in brown ink. Line-end abbreviations occur as well as a ligatured καί (l. 8), and the text contains one nomen sacrum (θεῷ in l. 2).

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Theological), Subliterary genre (Liturgical), Nomina sacra
Date from300
Date to499
Dating criteria

Palaeography. The semi-cursive hand is placed in the 4/5 c. by the ed. pr.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown.

Accession number

Montserrat, Abadia Roca, inv. 775.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps:

• Torallas Tovar, Sofia, and Klaas A. Worp, eds. 2014. Greek Papyri from Montserrat (P.Monts.Roca IV), edited by Sofia Torallas Tovar and Klaas A. Worp.  Scripta orientalia, 1. Barcelona. 162-163, no. 58.

Authors
Sofia Heim, Victor Ghica, 2021, 2024
Suggested citation
Sofia Heim, Victor Ghica, 2021, 2024, "Artefact ID 17", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/17
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