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Artefact ID843
TM IDTM 61642
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialParchment
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageGreek
Description

PSI X 1166; Gregory-Aland 0207; Uncial 207

Parchment fragment from a codex containing John, Apocalypse (Book of Revelations): 9:2-15.

The fragment measures 15.2 x 18.7 cm and contains 29 lines of texts per column, with 2 columns per page. 

The hand is described as a small, neat Biblical uncial. The intercolumnal space measures approx. 1 cm, and the written space of each column measures 12 x 4.5 cm. This particular Book of Revelations is estimated to have spanned approx. 17 folios; see ed. pr., but the estimate is argued against in Malik/Müller (see Malik/Müller 2018: 89), who suggest that the fragment was part of an extensive codex and followed the four Gospels, which were possibly "furnished with Eusebian canon tables or kephalaia lists".

The page (recto/flesh side) is effaced, but a page number is visible which labels the page as 477 (upsilon - omicron - zeta), while the hair-side is numbered as 478; see Pintaudi 2009/10: 127-128.

The text contains several diaereses (see col. ii l. 3 (recto), col. i l. 14 (verso) and col. ii l. 1(verso)), and nomina sacra.

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Biblical), Christian onomastics
Date from350
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography. The ed. pr. places the fragment tentatively in the 4th c., and it is placed in the second half of the 4th c. by E. Crisci; see Crisci 2002: descr. no. 120.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

The provenance is unknown: the fragment was acquired from the antiquities market in Egypt by M. Norsa and E. Breccia in 1920; see Malik / Müller 2018: 84.

Accession number

Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana 19191

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps:

Vitelli, Girolamo. 1932. Papiri greci e latini X. Florence. Papyrus no. 1166.

Additional bibliography:

∙ Cavallo, Guglielmo. 1967. Ricerche sulla maiuscola biblica. Firenze: Le Monnier. 66.

∙ Cavallo, G. e.a., eds. 1998. Scrivere libri e documenti nel mondo antico. Mostra di papiri della Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana. Firenze, 25 agosto-25 settembre 1998. Florence. Plate no. 34.

∙ Crisci, Eduardo. 2002. Papiri Letterari della Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (CD-Rom). Cassino. Description no. 190.

∙ Malik, P. 2018. "The Greek Text of Revelation in Late Antique Egypt: Materials, Texts, and Social History". Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum 22. 415-416.

∙ Malik, P. and D. Müller. 2018. "Recovering the Lost Contents of PSI X 1166 (GA 0207): Codicological Reflections on a Fourth-Century De Luxe Copy of the Apocalypse". Journal of Theological Studies 69 (1). 83-95.

∙ Naldini, Mario. 1965. Documenti dell'antichità cristiana: papiri e pergamene greco-egizie della Raccolta fiorentina. Florence. Description no. 22 and plate no. 15.

∙ Nicklas, Tobias. 2012. "The Early Text of Revelation". The Early Text of the New Testament. Hill, Charles E. and Michael J. Kruger, eds. Oxford: Oxford University Press.. 237.

∙ Orsini, Pasquale. 2005. Manoscritti in maiuscola biblica. Rome. 251 and 275.

∙ Pintaudi, R. 2009/2010. "Note codicologiche su due codici tardoantichi: PSI X 1166 (Apocalisse 9, 2-15) e PSI X 1171 (Aristofane, Nuvole 577-635)". Analecta Papyrologica 21-22. 127-128.

∙ Schmid, Josef. 1935/1936. "Der Apokalypsetext des Kodex 207 (Papiri della Societa` Italiana 1166)". BZ 23. 187–9

∙ Turner, Eric G. 1977. The Typology of the Early Codex. University of Pennsylvania Press. 28 and 163, description no. 109.

∙ van Haelst, Joseph. 1976. Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens. Paris. Description no. 563.

Authors
Sofia Heim, 2021
Suggested citation
Sofia Heim, 2021, "Artefact ID 843", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/843
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