Artefact ID | 563 |
TM ID | TM 62057 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
Material | Parchment |
Writing medium | Codex |
Text content | Literary |
Language | Greek |
Description | Stud.Pal. IX 2 Parchment fragments containing Genesis 38-40 passim. The three parchment fragments measure 5.2 x 7.2 cm (fragment A containing Genesis 38:25 and 38:28-29); 4.4 x 4.5 cm (fragment b containing Genesis 38:23 and 39:1); 6.5 x 4.3 cm (fragment c containing Genesis 40:1-3 and 40:11). The text appears to be formatted in two columns per folio; the beginnings of a second column can be seen on the verso (back of the page) of fragment a. The ed. pr. does not offer any description of the hand. |
Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical) |
Date from | 375 |
Date to | 425 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography. The ed. pr. places the fragment in the 4/5 c., but the period has been narrowed down to the end of the 4th/beginning of the 5th in a letter by the palaeographer Pasquale Orsini. |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | Provenance is unknown. C. Wessely acquired the codex fragments on the 8th of March 1884; see ed. pr. |
Accession number | Vienna, Nationalbibliothek G 39769 a-c |