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Artefact ID465
TM IDTM 64555
Findspot (DEChriM ID)30   (al-Ašmūnayn)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

P.Berl.Sarischouli 2: Christian prayer with acclamations.

Sheet of papyrus written on both sides preserving a prayer or amulet with leuleu-formula and enumeration of divine predicates by means of acclamation.

On both sides, the script runs along the fibres but recto and verso are upside down to each other.

Script affinities with BKT IX 155.

Selection criteriaSubliterary genre (Liturgical), Christian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from400
Date to499
Dating criteria

Dated to 4/5th c. in ed. pr., now reassigned to 5th c., see Mihálykó 2019.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

From Al-Ašmūnayn (Hermoupolis). 

Accession number

Berlin, Staatliche Museen, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung P. 21332

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps:

∙ Sarischouli, Panagiota, ed. 1995. Berliner griechische Papyri, Christliche literarische Texte und Urkunden aus dem 3. bis 8. Jh.n.Chr. Wiesbaden, no. 2.

Additional bibliography:

∙ Gascou, J. 1996. "Rez. zu P.Berl.Sarisch.". Chronique d'Egypte 7, 361-362.

∙ Mihálykó, Agnes. 2019. The Christian Liturgical Papyri: An Introduction. Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum 114. Tübingen 80f., 107f. and 320.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 465", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/465
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