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Artefact ID59
TM IDTM 108647
Findspot (DEChriM ID)33   (Madīnat al-Fayyūm)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll, Uncertain
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageCoptic
Description

P.Lond.Copt. I 523

Fragmentary sheet of papyrus containing an astrological text in Coptic (early Faiyumic corpus). Greek text on the reverse. 

Selection criteriaCoptic language
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria-
Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

London, British Library, Or. 4926(2)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio Princeps

• Crum, W.E. 1905. Catalogue of the Coptic Manuscripts in the British Museum. London, 252-253.

Additional Bibliography

• Till, W. 1943. "Bemerkungen zu koptischen Textausgaben 7-8." Orientalia 12: 328-337 [esp. 334].

Authors
Mary Jane Cuyler, 2020
Suggested citation
Mary Jane Cuyler, 2020, "Artefact ID 59", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/59
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