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Artefact ID296
TM IDTM 62006
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageGreek
Description

P.PisaLit. 4; Aland AT140; Van Haelst 305; Rahlfs 851.

Six discontinuous fragments of a leaf from a papyrus codex with Septuaginta, Ieremias 5,29 - 6, 4; 6,5 - 10. It probably originally contained the whole book of Jeremiah.

Hand: squarish uncial sloping slightly to the right, approaching the biblical majuscule style. Skilled and careful scribe.

Recto: along the fibres; verso: across the fibres.

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Biblical)
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography.

Placed in the 4th c. by the ed. pr.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

The provenance is unknown. The fragments were purchased between 1882-1897.

Accession number

Geneva, Bibliothèque P.Gen. inv. 252, fr. 1-6

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Publication:

• Carlini, Antonio. 1978. Papiri letterari greci. Pisa, 57-64, no. 4 (= Carlini, Antonio. 1974. Athenaeum N.S. 52, 6-12, pl. I).

Additional bibliography:

• Aland, Kurt. 1976. Repertorium der griechischen christlichen Papyri. I, Biblische Papyri : Altes Testament, Neues Testament, Varia, Apokryphen. Berlin - New York : W. de Gruyter, no. 140.

• Mugridge, Alan. 2016. Copying Early Christian Texts. A Study of Scribal Practice. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 362. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 219, no. 137 (descr.)

• Rahlfs, Alfred and Detlef Fraenkel. 2004. Septuaginta : Vetus Testamentum graecum. Supplementum. Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments. Göttingen : Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 128, no. 851 (descr.).

• van Haelst, Joseph. 1976. Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens, no. 305 (descr.).

 

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 296", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/296
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