| Artefact ID | 848 |
| TM ID | TM 62037 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
| Material | Parchment |
| Writing medium | Codex |
| Text content | Literary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | Hunger, 1956: 188-199 and Pintaudi, 1987: 217-233. Parchment fragment from a codex containing 1 Samuel 13:16-23, 14:1-4 and 18:8-25. The Austrian fragment contains 1 Samuel (Regnorum) I 18:8-19 (hair-side) and 18:19-25 (flesh-side), and measures 15 x 14 cm with 25 lines of text arranged in two columns. Hair-side precedes the flesh-side on fr. Gr. 187. The Florentine fragment is smaller, and measures 9.4 x 7.6 cm with 8 lines of text arranged in 2 columns. It contains I 13:16-21 (hair-side) as well as 13:23 and 14:1-4 (flesh-side). The hair-side precedes the flesh-side on fr. PL III 957. The columns appear to be overall 4.5 cm wide, with an intercolumnal margin of 1 cm, which gives an approximation of the original size as 17 x 14 cm; see ed. pr. (Pintaudi). Traces of itched line-framing is visible on the flesh sides, and the scratchings have been additionally lined with ink, which is quite unusual; see ed. pr. An estimated 358 lines of text (approx. 5.5 bifolios) appear to have been lost between the two fragments. Punctuation appears in the shape of high points. In l. 5 (hairside of PL III 95) there are points drawn above the feminine definite article, perhaps with the function of indicating aspiration. There are no nomina sacra. |
| Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical) |
| Date from | 300 |
| Date to | 399 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography. The ed. pr. (Hunger) placed the Austrian fragment in the 4th c. with the parallel of PSI X 1165 (Acts of the Apostles of the 4th c., Oxyrhynchus), which is accepted by the ed. pr. of the Florentine fragment; see ed. pr. (Pintaudi). |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Provenance is unknown: The Austrian fragment (Gr. 187) was purchased in Cairo; see van Haelst 1976: 48. |
| Accession number | Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, inv. PL III 957 + Vienna, Nationalbibliothek Suppl. Gr. 187 |
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