Artefact ID | 1246 |
TM ID | TM 130506 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
Material | Parchment |
Writing medium | Codex |
Text content | Literary |
Language | Coptic |
Description | P.Monts.Roca II 10 + Schøyen MS 1363 = Schüssler sa 146 Four leaves with excerpts from the Song of Songs (Cant 4:8-9, 4:12-14, 5:8-9, and 8:1-2.4-5) belonging to the third quaternion quire of a miniature codex. Only the Montserrat leaves are edited. |
Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical), Coptic language |
Date from | 401 |
Date to | 630 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography, language and dating of other miniature codices. Alin Suciu dates it to around 600, on palaeographical and codicological grounds and using as comparanda the codices found at the monastery of Apa Jeremiah at Saqqāra, which were associated with coinage dated to the end of the 6th and beginning of the 7th century. Compare, for example, P.Mich. Inv. No. 167. |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | - |
Accession number | Montserrat, Abadia Roca 760 [P.Monts.Roca II 10] + Oslo, Private collection Schøyen MS 1363 |