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Artefact ID844
TM IDTM 62004
Findspot (DEChriM ID)28   (al-Bahnasā)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageGreek
Description

PSI X 1163; Aland AT98

Papyrus fragment from a codex containing Job 1:19 - 2:1 and 2:6.

The fragment measures 7.2 x 12 cm, and preserves 16 (17 originally) lines of text written in a single column. The verso precedes the recto.

The text contains several nomina sacra.

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Biblical), Nomina sacra
Date from200
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography. Dated to the 4th c. by the ed. pr., and even earlier (to the first half of the 3rd c.) by E. Crisci; see Crisci 2002: rec. no. 187. For a date in the 3/4th c; see Turner 1977: 180 (OT 177).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

The provenance is the Oxyrhynchus (al-Bahnasā) (excavations of E. Breccia).

Accession number

Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana inv. 19963

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps:

 Vitelli, Girolamo. 1932. Papiri greci e latini. Vol. 10. Florence, no. 1163. 

Additional bibliography:

· Aland, Kurt. 1976. Repertorium der griechischen christlichen Papyri: 1. Biblische Papyri: Altes Testament, Neues Testament, Varia, Apokryphen. Berlin. Altes Testament 98.

· Crisci, Eduardo. 2002. Papiri Letterari della Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (CD-Rom). Cassino. Record no. 187.

∙ Naldini, Mario. 1965. Documenti dell'antichità cristiana: papiri e pergamene greco-egizie della Raccolta fiorentina. Florence. Description no. 2 and plate no. 2.

∙ Rahlfs, Alfred and Detlef Fraenkel. 2004 (1914). Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments. Göttingen. 119-120, descr. no.  955.

Turner, E. G. 1977. The Typology of the Early Codex. Pennsylvania. 180, record nr. OT 177.

∙ van Haelst, Joseph. 1976. Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens. Paris. Description no. 272.

Authors
Sofia Heim, 2021
Suggested citation
Sofia Heim, 2021, "Artefact ID 844", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/844
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