Artefact ID | 638 |
TM ID | TM 62051 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 31 (Dayr al-Balāyza) | Class | Textual |
Material | Parchment |
Writing medium | Codex |
Text content | Literary |
Language | Greek |
Description | P.Bal. I 2; P.Bodl. I 1 Parchment fragment from a miniature codex containing Exodus 4:4-6. The folio measures 8.9 x 7 cm, and preserves 12 lines of text (in one column) on both recto and verso. The text contains several diaereses and nomina sacra. A numerical delta occurs above the column on the recto, numbering the quire (there are no page numbers on the fragment); see ed. pr. The text agrees largely with Codex B, from which it diverges in two variants: Ex 4:5: κ(υριό)ς ὁ θ(εό)ς in agreement with A, F and M against Codex B ὁ θ(εό)ς. The hand is described as a sloping, formal majuscule ("squared" added in ed. pr.) |
Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical), Nomina sacra |
Date from | 300 |
Date to | 499 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography. The ed. pr. places the fragment in the 4th c. or (more probably) 5th c. |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | Provenance is the Abba Apollō monastērion (Dayr al-Balāyza) |
Accession number | Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Gr. bib. g. 2 (P) [S.C. 35214]. |