| Artefact ID | 22 |
| TM ID | TM 92874 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 33 (Madīnat al-Fayyūm) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Parchment |
| Writing medium | Codex |
| Text content | Subliterary |
| Language | Greek, Coptic |
| Description | Michigan Ms. 136; Mich. 136 Miniature parchment codex containing magical and medical texts (with some references to Christian figures) in Coptic (Sahidic dialect) and Greek. Originally 8 leaves, the first of which is now missing. Acc. to Worrell, the original text must have been Greek, and some of the Greek text remains in this document untranslated. Acc. to Kyprianos (see link), the translation seems less evident. |
| Selection criteria | Coptic language |
| Date from | 300 |
| Date to | 399 |
| Dating criteria | Dated by Kahle (1954: 237 and 254 note 5) to the 4th century on linguistic grounds. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | None: Supposedly purchased in Madīnat al-Fayyūm by Dr. Askren; original provenance unknown. |
| Accession number | Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library Ms. Copt. 136 |
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