| Artefact ID | 504 |
| TM ID | TM 61979 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Codex |
| Text content | Literary |
| Language | Greek, Coptic |
| Description | Hamburger Papyrus bilinguis 1; Ap22 A large group (28 folios) of fragments from a papyrus codex containing the Acts of Paul (in Greek), the Coptic texts of Lamentations (Ezechiel) and the Canticum in the Fayumic dialect, as well as Ecclesiastes in Greek and Fayumic. The first three groups of fragments seem to have belonged to quires 1 and 2, the two remaining groups to quires 3 and 4. Pages 1-11: Acts of Paul, with end title (Greek - the beginning and middle is lost) It is estimated that the Acts of Paul comprised the first 19 pages of the codex, of which 11 pages survive; see Wayment 2013: 21. The Greek text is written in a single column, with approx. 32-44 lines of text per column, by at least two hands. The script is a sloping majuscule written in the severe style. Line-final καί irregularly appears as a ligature; the text also contains breathings, diaereses and apostrophes, and punctuation appears in the shape of high points. The text contains several nomina sacra. Final crux ansata. There were added two single folios at end of quire 2 so as to complete the transcription of the Lamentations, and there is only one extant page number. It appears at the top of page 50 (f. 29 verso) and marks it as page "8" of the Coptic Ecclesiastes. The execution of the text is filled with errors. According to J.-L. Fournet, the codex had an educational purpose and it is possible that the two copyists were bilinguals with a better command of Greek, trying to perfecting themselves in Coptic writing at the same time as they compiled collections of texts for personal use (Fournet 2019: 8, n. 15). |
| Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical), Literary genre (Non-canonical), Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy, Nomina sacra, Coptic language |
| Date from | 276 |
| Date to | 350 |
| Dating criteria | The date is given on the palaeographical assessment in the ref. ed., following Eric F. Turner. According to a recent re-examination of the script, the end of the 3rd c. should be preferred (Fournet 2019: 9 referring to Crisci 2004: 114). |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | The fragments were possibly found in Tebtunis (Arsinoites). Further information about the provenance is unknown. Acquired in 1927 by the Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg. |
| Accession number | Hamburg, Bibliothek Pap. Bil. 1 [Hamburger Papyrus Bilinguis] |
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