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Artefact ID1740
TM IDTM 59995
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialParchment
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageGreek
Description

P. Hamb. graec. 24, van Haelst 663: Pastor Hermae, Similitudines 4:6–7; 5:1–5  
This incomplete codex page (15,6 x 12,5 cm) has fallen apart into three pieces of parchment. 20 lines remain visible on the recto (Sim. 4:6–7), 21 on the verso (Sim. 5:2–5). The legibility of the text has apparently decreased over the years. On multiple lines, the writer has made mistakes while copying. Nomina sacra: θω, θς, κω, κε

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Non-canonical), Nomina sacra
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Paleography; the ed.pr. dates it to the 4th/5th c.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Purchased by the Papyruskartell in Egypt shortly before 1909.

Accession number

Hamburg, Bibliothek gr. 24

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference edition
• Wessely, Carl. 1924. “Les plus anciens monuments du christianisme II.” Patrologia orientalis 18(3). 479-481, No. F.

Editio princeps
• Schmidt, Carl and Wilhelm Schubart. 1909. “Ein Fragment des Pastor Hermae aus der Hamburger Stadtbibliothek.” Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Sitzb. Berl. Akad.) 42: 1077-1081.

Additional bibliography
• Horsley, Gregory H. R. 1982. New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity. Volume 2. A Review of the Greek Inscriptions and Papyri Published in 1977. Macquarie University: The Ancient History Documentary Research Centre. 161, §98.13.
• Turner, Eric G. 1977. The Typology of the Early Codex. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 132, No. 535.
• van Haelst, Joseph. 1976. Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens. Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne. 238, No. 663.
• Wayment, Thomas A. 2013. The Text of the New Testament Apocrypha (100-400 CE). London: Bloomsbury. 104-105, 313-314.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1740", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1740
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