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Artefact ID1432
TM IDTM 80744
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageGreek
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 criteriaLiterary genre (Non-canonical), Nomina sacra
Date from350
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography. Similarities to P.Herm. 5 (Letter from Hermodoros to Theophanes, dated around 325) noted in the ed.pr.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown provenance; no acquisition information.

Accession number

Oxford, Ashmolean Museum 9 (Box A, 1)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Bingen, Jean. 2005. “Protévangile de Jacques, XIII–XV (P. Ashmolean inv. 9)”, Chronique d‘Égypte (CdE) 80: 201-214.

Additional bibliography
• Wayment, Thomas A. 2013. The Text of the New Testament Apocrypha (100-400 CE). London: Bloomsbury. 73-74, 281-282.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1432", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1432
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