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Artefact ID789
TM IDTM 107983
Findspot (DEChriM ID)32   (Wādī Sarǧa)
ClassTextual
MaterialParchment
Writing mediumCodex, Uncertain
Text contentLiterary
LanguageCoptic
Description

P.Lond.Copt. II 192

Codex fragment containing Genesis 6:7-19, presumably reused in book binding of a later codex

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Biblical), Coptic language
Date from401
Date to500
Dating criteria

Handwriting (Kasser & Barns 1971: 396: "une belle onciale de la seconde moitié du Ve siècle")

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Wadi Sarga excavations by R. Campbell Thompson in the winter 1913/14, no further details available

Accession number

London, British Library, Or 9035 (45) + Or 9035 (46) + Or 9035 (49)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Barns, John Wintour B., and Rodolphe Kasser. 1971. "Le manuscrit moyen-égyptien B.M. Or. 9035." Le Muséon 84 (3-4): 395-402 (pl. on p. 402).

Additional bibliography

• Kahle, Paul Eric. 1954. Bala’izah. Coptic Texts from from Deir el-Bala’izah in Upper Egypt. Oxford: The Griffith Institute & Oxford University Press, 220 n. 4, 274 & 889 (descr.).

• Layton, Bentley. 1987. Catalogue of Coptic Manuscripts in the British Library Acquired Since the Year 1906. London: The British Library, 243 #192.

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 789", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/789
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