| Artefact ID | 1447 |
| TM ID | TM 62017 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Codex |
| Text content | Literary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | Rahlfs 842; P. Feinberg 1: Five fragments containing 1 Kingdoms 1 Samuel 23.28-24.18 |
| Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical), Nomina sacra |
| Date from | 300 |
| Date to | 399 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography; the ed.pr. also points out the red-brown ink used, typical from the 4th c. onwards. Turner 1977 offers the 5th c. as an alternative. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Unknown provenance; the ed.pr. presumes south of the Nile Delta. Purchased by L. Feinberg in Cairo in August 1966, alongside 23 other papyri, selected as “the only readable pieces from a group of several hundred”. All but one of the selection date from between the 4th and 7th c. After Feinberg’s passing in 2009, it was sold at auction with Christie’s on 13.06.2012 alongside i.a. a Coptic hymn. |
| Accession number | New York, Private collection Feinberg number unknown |
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