| Artefact ID | 257 |
| TM ID | TM 117813 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 28 (al-Bahnasā) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Codex, Uncertain |
| Text content | Subliterary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | P.Oxy. LXXIII 4933 Fragment containing Old Testament excerpts with messianic theme: Jeremias 38.24-26; Amos 9.11-12; Psalm 17.1-112. Single page from what was probably a codex; it is likely that it was rather tall in format (ranging from 25 to 30 cm, see Blumell / Wayment 2015: 368). The scribe uses a form of diaeresis similar to the acute accent in l. 3, 7, 11, 13 (verso) and l. 14 (recto). Use of nomen sacrum on the reverse. |
| Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical), Nomina sacra |
| Date from | 350 |
| Date to | 450 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | The fragment was found in al-Bahnasā (Oxyrhynchos) during the excavations of Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt. |
| Accession number | Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms 63 6B 71/H (1-5) (e). |
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