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Artefact ID1446
TM IDTM 61717
Findspot (DEChriM ID)53   (Ǧabal Mūsā)
ClassTextual
MaterialParchment
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageGreek
Description

Gregory-Aland 077, Uncial 077: Acts of the Apostles 13,28-29
According to the ed.pr., the narrow strip of parchment (14 x 6 cm) belonged to the cover of a codex. One side contains parts of two verses from Acts 13 (Verses 28 and 29), the other side is illegible. Nomen sacrum with supralinear stroke: θς

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Biblical), Nomina sacra
Date from400
Date to499
Dating criteria

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown. Catalogued by J. Rendell Harris for A. Smith Lewis, who visited the library of the Monastery of St. Catherine in February 1893.

Accession number

Sinai, St Catharine’s Monastery, Harris App. 5

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Smith Lewis, Agnes. 1894. “Appendix: Fragments, Chiefly Greek.” Catalogue of the Syriac Mss. in the Convent of S. Catharine on Mount Sinai. Studia Sinaitica No. 1. London: C. J. Clay and Sons. 98, No. 5.

Additional bibliography
• Aland, Kurt. 1994. Kurzgefasste Liste der Griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments. Zweite, neubearbeitete und ergänzte Auflage. Berlin/New York: De Gruyter. 27, Majuskeln 077.
• Aland, Kurt and Barbara Aland. 1981/1989. The Text of the New Testament. An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism, transl. by Erroll F. Rhodes. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans. 120, No. 077.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1446", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1446
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