Artefact ID | 261 |
TM ID | TM 62050 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 28 (al-Bahnasā) | Class | Textual |
Material | Papyrus |
Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
Text content | Literary |
Language | Greek |
Description | P.Oxy. XXIV 2386; AT79; Aland AT79 Fragment containing on the recto Psalms 83.9-13 and 84.1. The text is not written stichometrically as in P.Oxy. X 1226 (ID 249), but the ends of the stichoi are shown by two oblique strokes. Nomina sacra. Fairly large, squarish letters, with a slight slope to the right in a semi cursive style. The verso (different hand and upside down in relation to the recto), contains a few letters of three lines, possibly a private letter; see ed. pr. |
Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical), Nomina sacra |
Date from | 300 |
Date to | 499 |
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 S. Hunt. |
Accession number | Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms P. Oxy. 2386. |