Artefact ID | 1432 |
TM ID | TM 80744 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
Material | Papyrus |
Writing medium | Codex |
Text content | Literary |
Language | Greek |
Description | The fragment forms the top half of a codex page (originally c. 16/17 x 23/25 cm) containing a section of the Protoevangelium of James/Protevangelium Jacobi (Recto: 13.2 – 14.2; Verso: 15.2–4). 16 lines of text are preserved on the recto, 15 on the verso, missing all margins but the upper one. Contains multiple nomina sacra with supralinear stroke (κ[ς], θς, κυ, ισλ, πνς, θ[υ]). |
Selection criteria | Literary genre (Non-canonical), Nomina sacra |
Date from | 350 |
Date to | 399 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography. Similarities to P.Herm. 5 (Letter from Hermodoros to Theophanes, dated around 325) noted in the ed.pr. |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | Unknown provenance; no acquisition information. |
Accession number | Oxford, Ashmolean Museum 9 (Box A, 1) |