Artefact ID | 86 |
TM ID | TM 107747 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 34 (Ǧabal al-Ṭārif) | Class | Textual |
Material | Papyrus |
Writing medium | Codex |
Text content | Literary |
Language | Coptic |
Description | Nag Hammadi Codex VII Papyrus codex containing a variety of Gnostic texts in Coptic (Sahidic dialect), said to have been discovered along with 12 other codices in an area near Nag Hammadi, although the precise context and circumstance of their discovery in 1945 remains unclear (Nongbri 2018: 108-115). The contents of Nag Hammadi Codex VII include: pp. A-B: front flyleaf, blank; • p. 1-49 (NHC VII,1): Paraphrasis Sem (Paraphrase of Sem; CC 0686), with initial title on p. 1; Use of nomina sacra. |
Selection criteria | Literary genre (Non-canonical), Nomina sacra, Coptic language |
Date from | 350 |
Date to | 399 |
Dating criteria | Waste papyri recovered from the cartonnage of Codex VII include a deed dated 348 (PNH 65) which provides a terminus a quo for the cover of the codex. |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | |
Accession number | Cairo, Coptic Museum NH 10546 |