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Artefact ID67
TM IDTM 107910
Findspot (DEChriM ID)32   (Wādī Sarǧa)
ClassTextual
MaterialParchment
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageCoptic
Description

P.Lond.Copt. II 111; P.Sarga 17

A leaf from a parchment manuscript containing a text of Melito (On the Passover) in Coptic (Sahidic dialect). 

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

Discovered during the excavations at Wadi Sarga under the direction of R. Campbell Thompson, during the winter of 1913-1914 (Layton 1987, 121).

Accession number

London, British Library Or. 9035(4) [P.Lond.Copt. II 111]; [P.Sarga 17]

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio Princeps

• Bell, Harold Idris, and Walter Ewing Crum. 1922. Wadi Sarga, Coptic and Greek texts from the excavations undertaken by the Byzantine research account. Hauniae: Cyldensal, 47-49 + pl. 1 (verso).

Additional Bibliography

• Bonner, Campbell. 1939. "A Coptic Fragment of Melito's Homily on the Passion."  The Harvard Theological Review 32 (2):141-142.

• Layton, Bentley. 1987. Catalogue of Coptic literary manuscripts in the British Library acquired since the year 1906. London: The British Library, 121.

Authors
Mary Jane Cuyler, 2020
Suggested citation
Mary Jane Cuyler, 2020, "Artefact ID 67", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/67
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