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Artefact ID35
TM IDTM 108402
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageCoptic
Description

Chester Beatty Library 2018 [Chester Beatty Library, Ac 1443]

Papyrus codex containing the Apocalypse of Elijah in Coptic (Sahidic dialect). 

Selection criteria-
Date from375
Date to425
Dating criteria

Palaeography; Appearance of Book (Pietersma et al. 1981: 1, 6).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Although grouped with the Bodmer Papyri, it is uncertain whether this manuscript actually belongs to that collection.

Accession number

Dublin, Chester Beatty Library 2018; 

Dublin, Chester Beatty Library, Ac 1443 & Ac 1493

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Pietersma, A., S. Comstock, and Harold Attridge. 1981. The Apocalypse of Elijah based on P. Chester Beatty 2018. Texts and Translations. Vol. 19, Ann Arbor: Scholars Press.

Additional bibliography

• Fournet, Jean-Luc. 2015. "Anatomie d'une bibliothèque de l'Antiquité tardive: l'inventaire, la faciès et la provenance de la 'Bibliothèque Bodmer'." Adamantius 21: 8-40.

• Orlandi, Tito. 1976. "Les manuscrits coptes de Dublin, du British Museum et de Vienne." Le Muséon 89: 323-338.

 

Authors
Mary Jane Cuyler, 2020
Suggested citation
Mary Jane Cuyler, 2020, "Artefact ID 35", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/35
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