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Artefact ID259
TM IDTM 171875
Findspot (DEChriM ID)28   (al-Bahnasā)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageGreek
Description

P.Oxy. LXXVIII 5128

Small papyrus fragment with Christian prose quoting Exodus 34 and Susanna (Daniel 35a).

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Theological)
Date from250
Date to350
Dating criteria

Palaeography.

Absolute/relative dateRelative 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 88/125 part.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps:

∙ Colomo, D., ed. 2012. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, part LXXVIII. Published by the Egypt Exploration Society in Graeco-Roman Memoirs. Chang, R.-L., W.B. Henry, P. J. Parsons and A. Benaissa, eds. London. 5-19, no. 5128.

Authors
Sofia Heim, 2021
Suggested citation
Sofia Heim, 2021, "Artefact ID 259", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/259
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