| Artefact ID | 31 |
| TM ID | TM 107968 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 25 (Aḫmīm) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Codex |
| Text content | Literary |
| Language | Coptic |
| Description | Berliner Proverbienkodex Leather-bound papyrus codex containing Proverbs in Coptic (Akhmimic dialect). The subscriptio (p. 162) is framed between tortile columns and two cruces ansatae. |
| Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical), Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy, Coptic language |
| Date from | 300 |
| Date to | 399 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography, dialect |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | According to the story told to Schmidt (1907, 155) this manuscript was found in a necropolis beneath a Monastery in 1905. It was supposedly found alongside other manuscripts, including Ms. or. fol. 3065 (Artefact ID 32). |
| Accession number | Berlin, National Library, Ms. Or. Oct. 987. |
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