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Artefact ID32
TM IDTM 107764
Findspot (DEChriM ID)25   (Aḫmīm)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageCoptic
Description

1 Clem [Schmidt]

Papyrus codex in Coptic (Achmimic dialect) containing 1 Clement. According to Peterson 1954, 53 n.13, it originally had a leather cover.

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Theological), Biblical quote or paraphrase, Coptic language
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography, dialect

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

According to the story told to Schmidt (1907, p. 155) this manuscript was found in a necropolis beneath a Monastery in 1905. It was supposedly found alongside other manuscripts, including Ms. or. oct. 987 (Artefact ID 31).

Accession number

Berlin, National Library, Ms. or. fol. 3065

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Schmidt, Carl. 1907. "Der 1. Clemensbrief in altkoptischer Übersetzung." Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1 (1): 154-164.

Reference edition

• Schmidt, Carl. 1908. Der erste Clemensbrief in altkoptischer Übersetzung, Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der altchristlichen Literatur 32/1. Leipzig: Hinrichs.

Additional bibliography

• Buzi, Paola. 2014. Coptic Manuscripts 7. The Manuscripts of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Part 4: Homiletic and Liturgical Manuscripts from the White Monastery. With Two Documents from Thebes and Two Old-Nubian Manuscripts, Verzeichnis der Orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland 21/7. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, 181-183.

• Till, Walter Curt. 1928. "Bemerkungen und Ergänzungen zu den achmimischen Textausgaben." Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 63: 92-95 [90-98].

Authors
Mary Jane Cuyler, 2020
Suggested citation
Mary Jane Cuyler, 2020, "Artefact ID 32", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/32
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