Artefact ID | 1414 |
TM ID | TM 107793 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 31 (Dayr al-Balāyza) | Class | Textual |
Material | Parchment |
Writing medium | Codex |
Text content | Literary |
Language | Coptic |
Description | P.Bala'izah 1 3 Fragments of two leaves containing Deuteronomy 8:1-8 in Sahidic Coptic. Part of a parchment Pentateuch codex (Schûssler 2015:127). Text on two columns. A quire signature L (30) appears on the verso of the larger fragment. |
Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical) |
Date from | 400 |
Date to | 600 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography. Kahle 1954:298 suggests 401-600, which is endorsed by Schûssler 2015:127, while Orsini 2019:129 proposes 551-600. |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | Found by W.M. Flinders Petrie at Dayr al-Balāyza in 1907. |
Accession number | Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Copt. d. 53 |