| Artefact ID | 756 |
| TM ID | TM 145317 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 71 (Ṭura) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Parchment |
| Writing medium | Codex |
| Text content | Literary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | Wayment 2012: 67-71 Parchment fragments with Christian text reused for binding for Tura codex V (5th/6th c., Tura; containing Didymos the Blind's Commentary on Psalms). The three fragments measure 1.5 x 21.7 cm, and contain the Old Testament text of Ben Sira Ecclesiasticus 38:28.4-39:4.4. Both the recto and the verso preserve parts of 23 lines of text (recto preserves verses 38.28.4-38.32.4; the verso 38.33.2-39:4.4). The text is written in the typical biblical majuscule, which the ed. pr. compares to the hand in Codex Sinaiticus, and it is arranged on a parchment sheet that was carefully lined to accommodate the text. The original size of the codex is estimated to have been 25 x 14-15 cm, and the ed. pr. suggests that the text was probably arranged in stanzas. |
| Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical) |
| Date from | 325 |
| Date to | 399 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography. The ed. pr. compares the hand (biblical majuscule) with Codex Sinaiticus, and places the fragments in the 4th c. It necessarily predates codex V of the Tura papyri (420-527 AD), as it is part of the binding of the codex. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Provenance is the Troe (Tura), where the codex V of the Tura Papyri was found. |
| Accession number | Cologne, Papyrussammlung P. Theol. 53 - 60 [binding] + Provo, Brigham Young University 091 D562E [binding] |
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