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Artefact ID1230
TM IDTM 107874
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageCoptic
Description

Fragments of a papyrus codex preserving parts of Job. Not all fragments have been properly identified since the state of preservation hampers the reading; according to Schüssler, at least Job 2:9; 10:4-10.16-18; 33:31; 34:1-2.5; 36:5-21.27-28 37.5-10.12; 40:xx-29(?).29-32; 41.1-3.5-8-10-26; 42.1-6 can be identified.

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Biblical), Coptic language
Date from451
Date to500
Dating criteria

Palaeography, date according to Orsini.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P.Mich. inv. 1290, 1292, 1293 (6140), 1293 (6141), 1293 (6142), 1293 (6143), 1293 (6144), 1293 (6145), 1293 (6146), 1293 (6147), 1517.1 & 10

BIBLIOGRAPHY

inedited

• Worrell, William Hoyt. 1942. Coptic Texts in the University of Michigan Collection, University of Michigan Studies. Humanistic Series 46. Ann Arbor & London: The University of Michigan Press & Humphrey Milford, The Oxford University Press, 6–7 (desc.).

Additional bibliography

• Orsini, Pasquale. 2019. Studies on Greek and Coptic Majuscule Scripts and Books, Studies in Manuscript Culture 15. Berlin & Boston: De Gruyter, 129.

• Schüssler, Karlheinz (†). 2015. Das sahidische Alte und Neue Testament sa 185–260, bearbeitet von Frank Feder und Hans Förster, Biblia Coptica: Die koptischen Bibeltexte II/2. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 27-30 sa 193.

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 1230", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1230
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