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Artefact ID54
TM IDTM 107974
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageCoptic
Description

P.Lond.Copt. I 522

Fragments of a papyrus codex containing a Gnostic treatise on the origin of the world in Coptic (Lycopolitan corpus; L6). Crum 1905 251 n° 522 records that these 24 small papyrus fragments come from the binding of a book. 

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Theological), Coptic language
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria-
Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

London, British Library Or. 4926 (1) [P. Lond. Copt. I 522]

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio Princeps
Kenyon, F. in Crum, W.E. Catalogue of the Coptic Manuscripts in the British Museum.  London,1905, 251 (n° 522).

Authors
Mary Jane Cuyler, 2020
Suggested citation
Mary Jane Cuyler, 2020, "Artefact ID 54", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/54
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