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Artefact ID1706
TM IDTM 61998
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialParchment
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageGreek
Description

Parch. Egyp. Mus. S.R. 3805 (9), Rahlfs 879: Genesis XXXIV, 21-22; 25 
Two vellum fragments (5.4 x 4 cm and 1.1 x 0.6 cm) form the top corner part of a two-column codex page, containing 6 lines of Genesis 34:21–22 (recto) and 6 lines of Genesis 34:25 (verso). The original page is calculated to have had 38 lines à ~13.5 letters per column, measuring ~16 cm in height and ~12 cm in width. Line 2 of the recto features an addition of the preposition εἰς not otherwise attested in the Greek, but occurring in the Hebrew and Aramaic Genesis. Verso line 3 uses εἰσῆλθαν (1st aorist indicative) instead of εἰσῆλθον (2nd aorist indicative).

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

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown provenance; the ed.pr. points out that the inventory number suggests it was found among the Aphroditopolis papyri. The text order of Genesis here resembles P.Chest.Beat. IV, 961, also found in Aphrodito. Römer 1997 states that the fragments were among those from Aphrodito when she restored them in Cairo in 1986.

Accession number

Cairo, Egyptian Museum SR 3805 / 9

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Hanafi, Alia. 1992. “Fragment of a Greek Translation of the Old Testament (Genesis XXXIV, 21-22; 25).” In Roma e l'Egitto nell'Antichità Classica. Cairo, 6-9 Febbraio 1989. Atti del I Congresso Internazionale Italo-Egiziano. Rome: Istituto poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato; Libreria dello Stato. 191-196.

Additional bibliography
• 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. 164, Sigel 879.
• Römer, Cornelia. 1997. “Christliche Texte (1989 – August 1996).“ Archiv für Papyrusforschung (AfP) 43. 107-145: 108, Altes Testament (AT) 1 [21a].

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1706", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1706
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