| Artefact ID | 240 |
| TM ID | TM 59975 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 28 (al-Bahnasā) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Codex |
| Text content | Literary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | P.Oxy. XVII 2069; Ap29 Five fragments with apocalyptic and astronomical text (fr. 3v), P.Oxy. XVII 2069 containing the Book of Enoch 85.10-86.2 and 87.1-3. The fragments were originally thought to contain apocalyptic texts from different folios (see ed.pr.) or different codices (see Milik 1971: 329-341), but it has since been established that the fragments 1, 2 and 4 were written by the same scribe and that they belong to the same codex as fragments 3 and 5; see Chesnutt 2010: 485-505. Punctuation is indicated by blank spaces between words, rather than by point or colon, and there are no nomina sacra. |
| Selection criteria | Literary genre (Non-canonical) |
| Date from | 300 |
| Date to | 399 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography. Dated to late 4th c. in ed. pr. For the most recent date, see Drawnel 2019: 56. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | The fragment was found in al-Bahnasā (Oxyrhynchos) during the excavations of Bernard Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt. |
| Accession number | Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms, P. Oxy. 2069 fr. 1-5. |
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