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Artefact ID1425
TM IDTM 704658
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

Small fragment (4.5 x 2.8 cm) containing Psalms 1,6 and 2,1, five lines visible. Unrelated, unidentified recto text written in a different hand. Since the top and left margins of the verso remain intact, the papyrus was evidently cut to size for the psalms. It is unclear whether the text continued beyond Psalm 2,1. This combination of psalms is only attested here. A horizontal break between lines 1 and 2 indicates a fold line, suggesting the fragment was used as an amulet.

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Biblical), Biblical quote or paraphrase
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography: the editors note similarities to three other 4th c. papyri (P. Chester Beatty XII; P. Panop. 27; P. Oxy. XXXIV 2699)

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown; Acquired by J. Rendel Harris from dealers in Cairo and Al-Bahnasā (Oxyrhynchos) in 1922/23, presented to Woodbrooke College, Birmingham in 1925.

Accession number

Birmingham, Cadbury Research Library P. Harris 300 Vo

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Blumell, Lincoln H. and Michael R. Trotter. 2017. “Three New Fragments from the J. Rendel Harris Collection (Birmingham)”, Analecta Papyrologica 28: 19–28. No. 1, 20–23.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1425", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1425
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