| Artefact ID | 987 |
| TM ID | TM 62010 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 25 (Aḫmīm) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Codex |
| Text content | Literary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | P.Ryl.Gr. I 1; Aland AT26 Papyrus fragment of a codex containing the OT Deuteronomium 2:37 - 3:13 on the reused verso of SB XXVI 16527, a documentary text (official letter) from the late 3rd c. Panopolis. The papyrus fragment measures 10.3 x 11.5 cm, and contains two (or possibly more) columns per page. On the first page, columns i and ii contain 15 and 12 lines of text respectively; on the back of the first page, 11 and 14 lines of text. The folio to which the codex belonged was the product of reuse: it was produced by glueing together two recto sides of a previously inscribed papyrus, thus on both sides of the finished folio the text runs against the fibres (verso). The ed. pr. describes the hand as large and round, and a roughly-formed uncial. Corrections appear to have been made by the same hand. There are also the sigla of omission in l. 11 and 15. Accents occur frequently, and punctuation appears in the shape of a mid-point. The text also employs apostrophes regularly. The text contains noticeable agreements with Codex Vaticanus (mid-4th c.) against Codex Alexandrinus (5th c., Turkey) and Codex Ambrosianus (5th c.) in lines 4, 7-8, 29 and 29, and against Codex Vaticanus in lines 9, 14, 37 and 43. The text also presents two unique variants in lines 10-11 and 37, the first of which has the original reading supplied in the margin. One variant is shared with the cursive texts against the uncial MSS. The fragment also contains small crosses drawn in the margin of lines 48-49. Nomina sacra occur (see l. 7). |
| Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical), Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy, Nomina sacra |
| Date from | 300 |
| Date to | 399 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography. The ed .pr. places the fragment in the 4th c. The Christian text necessarily postdates the document which is written on the recto of the papyrus; SB XXVI 16527 (official letter written in January 294, Panopolis). |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Probably from Panopolis. |
| Accession number | Manchester, John Rylands Library Gr. 1 Vo. |
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