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Artefact ID551
TM IDTM 108146
Findspot (DEChriM ID)34   (Ǧabal al-Ṭārif)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentLiterary
LanguageCoptic
Description

P.NagHamm. C 2

Two fragments from a Genesis codex preserving Gen 35:5–21 and 22:27–30 & 35–38 re-used as cartonnage for the book binding of the cover of Nag Hammadi Codex VII

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Biblical)
Date from275
Date to350
Dating criteria

Found in cartonnage of the book binding of the cover of Nag Hammadi Codex VIII

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

Cairo, Coptic Museum, Nag Hamm. VII 89c-93c

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Kasser, Rodolphe. 1972. "Fragments du livre biblique de la Genèse cachés dans la reliure d’un codex gnostique." Le Muséon 85: 65-89.

Reference edition

• Barns †, John Wintour B., Gerald M. Brown, and John C. Shelton. 1981. Nag Hammadi Codices: Greek and Coptic Papyri From the Cartonnage of the Covers, Nag Hammadi Studies XVI. Leiden: Brill, 124-132.

Additional bibliography

• Schüssler, Karlheinz. 1996. Das sahidische Alte und Neue Testament sa 21–48, Biblia Coptica: Die koptischen Bibeltexte I/2. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 104-105 [sa 47].

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 551", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/551
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