| Artefact ID | 81 |
| TM ID | TM 107742 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 34 (Ǧabal al-Ṭārif) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Codex |
| Text content | Literary |
| Language | Coptic |
| Description | Nag Hammadi Codex II Papyrus codex containing a variety of Gnostic texts in Coptic (Sahidic and Subachmimic (A2), said to have been discovered along with 12 other codices in an area near Nag Hammadi, although the precise context and circumstance of their discovery in 1945 remains unclear (e.g. Nongbri 2018, 108-115). The contents of Nag Hammadi Codex II include: p. A: blank; The nomina sacra are contracted in a usual way. There is a crux ansata on the tooled and inked decorated leather cover (Hurtado 2006: 217, n. 36); similar shapes of crux ansata with triangular lower leg can be seen on the amulet P.Oslo I 5 and on early Christian funerary stelae such as SEG XXXVIII 1693, I.Louvre 106, I.Louvre 110 or IGChrEg 418 [VS]. |
| Selection criteria | Literary genre (Non-canonical), Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy, Nomina sacra, Coptic language |
| Date from | 300 |
| Date to | 399 |
| Dating criteria | |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | |
| Accession number | Cairo, Coptic Museum NH 10544 |
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