Artefact ID | 561 |
TM ID | TM 113251 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 23 (al-Šayḫ ʿIbāda) | Class | Textual |
Material | Parchment |
Writing medium | Codex |
Text content | Literary |
Language | Greek |
Description | Nachtergael and Pintaudi 2008: 122-128 Four fragments of a small-format bifolio containing Ezechiel 45:25- 46:14. The miniature codex probably contained the whole book of Ezechiel. The script is a regular, squared, Biblical uncial, which gives the impression of a practised scribe. |
Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical) |
Date from | 350 |
Date to | 399 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography. Based on the style of the Biblical uncial, the ed. pr. places the miniature codex in the second half of the 4th c. |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | The provenance of the fragment is the Northern cemetery of al-Šayḫ ʿIbāda. |
Accession number | Al-Šayḫ ʿIbāda, storehouse, inv. 25.1.2006. |