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Artefact ID94
TM IDTM 107965
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageCoptic
Description

Paths ID 6371:

Three fragmentary leaves from a codex containing Exodus in Coptic (Achmimic corpus).

f. 1: Ex. 15, 14-22 (recto →) and 15, 24-16, 3 (verso ↓);
f. 2: Ex. 16, 3-10 (recto →) and 16, 10-19 (verso ↓);
f. 3: Ex. 23, 20-26 (recto ↓) and 23, 27-24, 3 (verso →).

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Biblical), Coptic language
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography; a beautiful "Biblical" uncial not later than the 4th century (Lefort 1953, 3).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

Louvain-la-Neuve, Archives, Fonds Lefort

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio Princeps

• Lefort, L. Th. 1953. "Fragments bibliques en dialecte akhmîmique." Le Muséon 66: 1-15, pl. 1.

Additional Bibliography

• Lefort, L. Th. 1949. "Fragments de S. Luc en akhmîmique." Le Muséon 62: 199-205.

Authors
Mary Jane Cuyler, 2020
Suggested citation
Mary Jane Cuyler, 2020, "Artefact ID 94", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/94
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