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Artefact ID1739
TM IDTM 59114 / LDAB 209
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentUncertain
LanguageGreek
Description

P. Med. inv. 68.64: This incomplete papyrus document (7.2 x 15.7 cm) is missing its top left and bottom right corners, and holes create gaps in the text. There are two texts on the recto (which are written upside down to one another), one on verso.
Text A: Beginning with what might be a Chi Rho, this section might partially be a homily, notes with a quote, or a commentary on 1 Corinthians 2:8 (ἣν οὐδεὶς τῶν ἀρχόντων τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου ἔγνωκεν εἰ γὰρ ἔγνωσαν οὐκ ἂν τὸν κύριον τῆς δόξης ἐσταύρωσαν). There was possibly a second hand after τὸν.
Text B: 8 lines written in a similar (the same?) hand as Text A. Unidentified origin, mention of water suggests a possible liturgical text related to the baptism
Text C: 4 lines similar to Text B; impossible to identify, probably a doxology with ὁ κ(ύριο)ς ἰ(ησοῦ)ς … δόξαν. 
Nomina sacra: κε, κν, κς, ις

Selection criteriaChristian terms/formulas/concepts, Nomina sacra, Biblical quote or paraphrase
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown provenance

Accession number

Milan, Università Cattolica P. Med. 68.64

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Balconi, Carla, Loisa Casarico, Maria Adele Manca Masciadri and Anna Passoni Dell’Acqua. 1981. “Documenti inediti dalla collezione dell’Università Cattolica di Milano.” In Scritti in onore di Orsolina Montevecchi, edited by Edda Bresciani, Giovanni Geraci, Sergio Pernigotti and Giancarlo Susini. Bologna: Cooperativa Libraria Universitaria Editrice Bologna (CLUEB). 15-35: 15-21. 35.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1739", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1739
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