| Artefact ID | 834 |
| TM ID | TM 61999 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Codex |
| Text content | Literary |
| Language | Greek |
| Archive/Dossier | Archive |
| Description | P.Beatty XIII; P.Chester Beatty XIII Papyrus fragments from a codex containing Psalms 72-88 passim (Ps 76 is omitted). The fragments comprise 4 bifolios of a papyrus codex. Parts of the sixth folio was discovered in 1985, after the publication of the editio princeps, and was revealed to contain Ps 80:15-81:6 (recto) and 82:17-83:4 (verso); see Pietersma 1987: 46. This particular artefact was initially believed to belong with P.Beatty XIV as part of one and the same codex, and before these were separated as distinct fragments, they carried the same accession number (1501); see ed. pr. The bifolios probably belong to the same quire, and the fragments have preserved the binding holes in the centre margin (as well as part of the binding string). The bifolios measure approx. 22.5 x 14.25 cm, and appear to have had very narrow margins (as is indicated by the arrangement of the text close to the ends of the folios). The columns (one column per folio) appear to have held up to 34 lines of text. The bifolios preserve no pagination. The ed. pr. describes the hand as an inelegant majuscule with occasional cursive formes (no ligatures), and places the fragment in the 4th c. Titles of the individual psalms (in numerical letters with over- and underline) are written in a smaller script, and appear to have been added later, but possibly in the same hand. For the division in the stichometry, dots (single and double) are rarely used (see two instances in Ps 82:3). The scribe prefers to use spacing to indicate the separation of lectional units, and more extensive space is used to indicate the διαψάλματα. The text contains line-end abbreviation of nu, several diaereses as well as nomina sacra, including a noteworthy occurrence: in Ps. 83:8 (folio 7, l. 5), there appears an abbreviation of the plural τῶν θ(εῶ)ν, which is quite unusual. The apostrophe appears only once, in Ps 72:28. The artefact is (tentatively) catalogued under the Dishna Archive (consisting of the Chester Beatty Papyri and the Bodmer-papyri) according to TM. |
| Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical), Subliterary genre (Liturgical), Nomina sacra |
| Date from | 300 |
| Date to | 399 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography. The ed. pr., after consultation with E. G. Turner, places the majuscule in the 4th c. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Provenance is unknown: The two manuscripts P.Beatty XIII and P.Beatty XIV (previously believed to belong to one and the same codex) are apparently not part of the same acquisition as the Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri from Aphroditopolis as edited by F. G. Kenyon; see the ed. pr. |
| Accession number | Dublin, Chester Beatty Library P.Bibl. 13 / Ac. 1501. |
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