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Artefact ID988
TM IDTM 62018
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageGreek
Description

P.Ryl. III 460; P.Oslo II 11

Papyrus fragment from a codex containing Isaias 42:3-4, 66:18-19 and 52-53, the Book of Genesis 26:13-14, the 2 Paralipomenon 1 with title and the Deuteronomium: 29:8, 11 with title. Possible liturgic use.

Two fragments of the same bifolium were published as P.Oslo II 11. They have been reprinted together with the Ryland fragments, forming one text as a whole in P.Ryl. III 460.

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Biblical), Subliterary genre (Liturgical)
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography. The ref. ed. compares the hand to P.Oxy. II 209 (300-350).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Possibly from Fayyum.

Accession number

Manchester, John Rylands Library Gr. 460 + Oslo, University Library P. 22 a-b.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference edition:

∙ Roberts, Colin Henderson. 1938. Catalogue of the Greek and Latin Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester III, Theological and Literary Texts. Manchester. Papyrus no. 460.

Editio princeps:

∙ Rudberg, Gunnar. 1923. Septuaginta Fragmente unter den Papyri Osloenses. Videnskapsselskapets Forhandlinger fra 1923. Christiania. 2.

Additional bibliography:

∙ Cerfaux, Lucien. 1954 (1937). "Un chapitre du Livre des "Testimonia" (P. Ryl. Gr. 460)". EThL 14 (1937). 69-74. 

∙ Eitrem, Samson. 1931. Papyri Osloenses II. Eitrem, Samso and L. Amundsen, eds. Oslo. Papyrus no. 11.

∙ Falcetta, Alessandro. 2001. "A Testimony Collection in Manchester: Papyrus Rylands Greek 460". Bulletin of the John Rylands Library Manchester 83. 3-19.

∙ Muratore, Davide . 2014. "Su alcuni papiri contenenti Scholia Minora all'Iliade (P.Hamb. 736v, P.Osl. II 12, P.Oxy. 4631)". Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 189. 51-52.

∙ Rahlfs, Alfred and Detlef Fraenkel. 2004 (1914). Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments. Göttingen. 242-244 and 269, descr. no. 958.

∙ Roberts, Colin Henderson. 1936. Two biblical papyri in the John Rylands Library p. 47-62. 

∙ van Haelst, Joseph. 1976. Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens. Paris. Description no. 299.

Authors
Sofia Heim, 2021
Suggested citation
Sofia Heim, 2021, "Artefact ID 988", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/988
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