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Artefact ID3
TM IDTM 107963
Findspot (DEChriM ID)25   (Aḫmīm)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentLiterary
LanguageCoptic
Description

BnF 135C; BnF Ms copte 135.1.8-10

Sheets from a papyrus roll containing an excerpt of the Jewish Martyrs from 2 Maccabees in Akhmimic Coptic. 

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Biblical), Coptic language
Date from301
Date to400
Dating criteria

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

None; bought by Maspero in Aḫmīm in winter 1894/95 (Lacau 1911: 43).

Accession number

Paris, National Library of France, Ms. Copte 135.1.8-10.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference edition

• Lacau, P. 1911. "Textes coptes in dialectes akhmimique et sahidique."  Bulletin de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale 8, 43-109: 68-76.

Editio princeps

• Bouriant, U. 1885. "Les papyrus d'Akhmim." In Mémoires publiés par les membres de la mission archéologique française au Caire 1 (2): 243-304.

Additional bibliography

• Carlig, Nathan. 2020a. "The Achmîm Papyri: Codicological Study and Attempt at Reconstruction." In Coptic Literature in Context (4th-13th cent.): Cultural Landscape, Literary Production, and Manuscript Archaeology, edited by Paola Buzi, 115-131. Rome: Edizioni Quasar di Severino Tognon S.r.l.

• Carlig, Nathan. 2020b. "Les rouleaux littéraires coptes de papyrus (ca. 300–VIIe siècle)." In Études coptes XVI: Dix-huitième journée d’études (Bruxelles, 22–24 juin 2017), edited by Anne Boud’hors, Esther Garel, Catherine Louis & Naim Vantieghem, 229-249. Paris: Éditions de Boccard, 234-236.

 

Authors
Mary Jane Cuyler, Matthias Müller, 2020, 2021
Suggested citation
Mary Jane Cuyler, Matthias Müller, 2020, 2021, "Artefact ID 3", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/3
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