Artefact ID | 511 |
TM ID | TM 62048 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
Material | Papyrus |
Writing medium | Codex |
Language | Greek |
Description | P.Münch. II 34; P.Muench. II 34 Two papyrus fragments (A: 4.5 x 16.5 cm and B: 4.8 x 16.3 cm) containing the Psalms 15:4-11 and 16:3-11. The current text of the Psalms has been copied onto a reused fragment. The original papyrus roll contained an administrative text (an official correspondance) from 302/302 CE (date found on the recto of fragment B). The writing area is estimated to have been 18 x 20 cm and consisted of 28 lines of text; see Bagnall 2002: 4 and the ed. pr. Both fragments contain visible kollemmata. The two psalms are preserved on different folios: Verso of fragment A contains psalm 15, verses 4 ad finem (23 lines of text). The script is a rounded majuscule. The text contains rough breathing and apostrophes (e.g., fr. A, line 8) as well as marked punctuation. Longer verses seem to have been divided over two lines (see fr. A l. 3, 5, 7, and 16, as well as fr. B l. 5), and there are several instances of nomina sacra. |
Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical), Nomina sacra |
Date from | 300 |
Date to | 499 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography. The rounded majuscule is dated by the ed. pr. to the end of the 4th/beginning of the 5th c., who also gives P.Oxy. XIII 1600 (Melito of Sardes, 4/5 c.) and P.Oxy. XXIV 2385 (Gospel of Matthew, end of the 4th c.) as comparanda. |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | Provenance is unknown. The fragment was acquired before 1919, and can perhaps be tracked to the 1906 Papyruskartell-purchase; see Bagnall 2002: 4 n. 15. |
Accession number | Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, P. gr. 333. |