| Artefact ID | 835 |
| TM ID | TM 62000 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Sheet/roll, Uncertain |
| Text content | Literary, Subliterary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | P.Beatty XIV Papyrus fragment containing Psalms 31.8-11; 26.1-6 and 8-11, as well as 2.1-8 (in this order). Possibly an amulet. The two fragments measure 2.5 x 4 cm ( fragment A) and 4.5 x 12.5 cm (fragment B), which present one column of text originally containing approx. 30 lines of text. The verso (Ps 31.8–11, Ps 26.1–6) precedes the recto (Ps 26.8–14, Ps 2.1–8). The colon indicates division within the stichometry, but appears also in divisions that are previously unrecorded; see ed. pr. The text contains a number of nomina sacra, and a tachygraphic version of καί (yet no ligatures). The hand is described as a 4th c. hand similar to P.Beatty XIII, but distinct. The folio has traits common to Psalter-type amulets, especially considering the lack of titles (though possibly occurring in the lacunae), flexibility of the Psalm-selection and the absence of the word διάψαλμα in contexts such as in Ps. 2:2. Similar traits are shared by MPER N.S. IV 20 (amulet from the 5/6th c., Hermopolis) and MPER N.S. IV 11 (amulet from the 5/6th c., Arsinoites), by whose connection the artefact is listed as a possible amulet; see De Bruyn / Dijkstra 2011: 208-209. 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), Nomina sacra, Biblical quote or paraphrase |
| 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. 14. |
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