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Artefact ID74
TM IDTM 107802
Findspot (DEChriM ID)31   (Dayr al-Balāyza)
ClassTextual
MaterialParchment
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageCoptic
Description

P.Bal. I 23

Fragment of a single page from a miniature parchment codex containing I John 2:8-10 written in Coptic (Sahidic).

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Biblical), Coptic language
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria


Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context


Accession number

Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Copt. g. 86 (P)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio Princeps

• Kahle, Paul E. 1954. Bala'izah. Coptic Texts from Dier El-Bala'izah in Upper Egypt. Vol. 1, London: Oxford University Press, 396-397 + pl. I.5

Additional Bibliography 

• Schüssler, Karlheinz. 1991. Die katholischen Briefe. Corpus Scriptorium Orientalium Christianorum.  Louvain: Peeters, LXXXVII no. 34.

Authors
Mary Jane Cuyler, 2020
Suggested citation
Mary Jane Cuyler, 2020, "Artefact ID 74", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/74
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