4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	722
TM ID	TM 61996
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Codex
Text content	Literary
Language	Greek
Description	BKT VIII 8; AT63; Aland AT63 Papyrus fragment from a codex containing Psalms 35:11-36:10, and 14-24. Fragment A (P.Berol. inv. 6747) measures 16.2 x 14 cm, and preserves 26 lines on the recto; 25 lines on the verso. Fragment B (P.Berol. inv. 6785) measures 7 x 4 cm, and preserves 12 lines on the recto and the verso. This smaller fragment preserves Ps. 36:4-8 and 18-23. The original text is estimated to have been arranged in approx. 33-34 lines per page. The initial letters of the verses are visibly larger (approx. doubled in size) than the rest of the script. There is no apparent punctuation, and the text contains irregular diaereses. The are several nomina sacra. A correction (no longer legivle) has been made by the same hand in l. 6 of the verso.
Selection criteria	Literary genre (Biblical), Nomina sacra
Date from	300
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Palaeography. The ed. pr. dates the codex fragment to the 4th c.
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	The provenance is probably the Arsenoites (Fayûm), where the fragments were acquired in 1877–1881.
Accession number	Berlin, Staatliche Museen, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung P. 6747 + P. 6785

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