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Artefact ID495
TM IDTM 61975
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageGreek
Description

PSI VIII 980; Aland AT88

Papyrus fragments (20.6 x 22.9 cm) from a codex containing Psalms 143.14-148.3 and odes 1 (= Exodus 15) and 2 (= Deuteronomium 32.1-43). The fragments comprise parts of two consecutive folios (approx. 23 x 11 cm and 21 x 9 cm).

Verse numbers are added by another hand, and long, horizontal strokes separate the verses.

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Biblical), Nomina sacra
Date from200
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Provenance is unknown.

Accession number

Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, inv. 18821.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Éditio princeps:

∙ Vitelli, Girolamo, ed. 1927. Papiri greci e latini VIII. Florence, no. 980.

Additional bibliography:

· Aland, Kurt. 1976. Repertorium der griechischen christlichen Papyri: 1. Biblische Papyri: Altes Testament, Neues Testament, Varia, Apokryphen, Altes Testament 88.

∙ Crisci, Edoardo and P. Degni, eds. 2002. Papiri letterari della Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana di Firenze (CD--rom). Cassino: Università degli studi di Cassino, no. 172.

∙ Cavallo, G, et al., eds. 1998. Scrivere libri e documenti nel mondo antico: Mostra di papiri della Biblioteca medicea laurenziana, Firenze, 25 agosto-25 settembre 1998. Florence. Plate no. 47.

∙ Jellicoe, Sidney. 1968. The Septuagint and modern study. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 240.

∙ Naldini, Mario. 1965. Documenti dell'antichità cristiana : papiri e pergamene greco-egizie della Raccolta Fiorentina. Florence: F. Le Monnier, no. 3 and pl. 3.

∙ Pintaudi, Rosario. 1983. Papiri greci e latini a Firenze: secoli III a.C.-VIII d.C.: catalogo della Mostra, maggio-giugno 1983. Florence: Gonnelli, 84, no. 311.

∙ Rahlfs, Alfred and Detlef Fraenkel. 2004 (1914). Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments. Göttingen, 118-119, descr. no. 2055.

· van Haelst, Joseph. 1976. Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens. Paris, descr. no. 238.

Authors
Sofia Heim, 2021
Suggested citation
Sofia Heim, 2021, "Artefact ID 495", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/495
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