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Artefact ID	1441
TM ID	TM 61644
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Codex
Text content	Literary
Language	Greek
Description	Gregory-Aland 𝔓85, P85, van Haelst 564: Book of Revelation (Apocalypse of John/Liber Apocalypsis) 9,19-10,2, 10,5-9 Three fragments of a single codex sheet, the remains of 20 lines in total are still conserved on the rectos and versos. The ed.pr. does not precise the size of the individual fragments, but approximates that the original size of the codex’s written area was c. 23 x 11 cm, with 37 lines per page. A complete Revelation codex would have spanned c. 50 pages (25 leaves) with the original page having been 26–28 cm tall. Orsini/Clarysse 2012 draw a comparison between the rounded bureaucratic script of 𝔓85 and hands E and F of P.Bodmer 29-38 (4th to 5th c.).
Selection criteria	Literary genre (Biblical)
Date from	300
Date to	499
Dating criteria	Palaeography; dated to 4/5th c. by first editor Jacques Schwartz (letter to Kurt Aland, 28.9.1974); Jaroš 2006 dates it earlier, to the end of the 3rd c., referring to P. Ryl. 1 16. Comfort 2019 states a likeness to i.a. 𝔓45, 𝔓70, 𝔓101, and P.Mich. 2.2 130.
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown provenance; no acquisition information.
Accession number	Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale P. gr. 1028 + 1027 [fr. Apocalypse]

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Schwartz, Jacques. 1969. “Papyrus et tradition manuscrite.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik (ZPE) 4. 175-182: 178-179, 181-182, No. 4.

Additional bibliography
• Aland, Kurt. 1976. Repertorium der griechischen christlichen Papyri: 1. Biblische Papyri: Altes Testament, Neues Testament, Varia, Apokryphen. Berlin/New York: De Gruyter. 319, Neues Testament (NT) 85.
• Aland, Kurt. 1994. Kurzgefasste Liste der Griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments. Zweite, neubearbeitete und ergänzte Auflage. Berlin/New York: De Gruyter. 15, 𝔓85.
• Comfort, Philip Wesley. 2019. The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Papyri 75-139 and Uncials. Volume 2. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Academic. 124-125, 350. No. 𝔓85.
• Jaroš, Karl. 2006. Das Neue Testament nach den ältesten griechischen Handschriften (CD-Rom). Ruhpolding/Mainz: Franz Philipp Rutzen. 4983-4997, no. 3.13.
• Malik, Peter. 2018. “The Greek Text Of Revelation in Late Antique Egypt: Materials, Texts, and Social History.” Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum (ZAC) 22(3). 400-421: 408-409.
• Orsini, Pasquale. 2005. Manoscritti in maiuscola biblica. Materiali per un aggiornamento. Rome: Edizioni dell’Università degli Studi di Cassino: 128.
• Orsini, Pasquale and Willy Clarysse. 2012. “Early New Testament Manuscripts And Their Dates. A Critique Of Theological Palaeography.” Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses (Eph. Theol. Lov.) 88(4). 443-474: 465, 471.
• van Haelst, Joseph. 1976. Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens. Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne. 197-198, No. 564.

Authors

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022

Suggested citation

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1441", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1441

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External links

TM 61644 / LDAB 2794 DCLP (PN) Wikipedia – Papyrus 85 NT.VMR

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