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Artefact ID16
TM IDTM 107977
Findspot (DEChriM ID)51   (Madīnat Māḍī)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageCoptic
Description

Papyrus codex containing Manichaean Kephalaia (Vol. II) in Coptic (L).
Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Theological), Coptic language
Date from380
Date to435
Dating criteria

Manichaean context, radiocarbon dating (BeDuhn, Hodgins 2017).
Absolute/relative dateAbsolute date
Archaeological context

Supposedly found at Madīnat Māḍī, see Robinson 2013: 58-59.
Accession number

Dublin, Chester Beatty Library, Codex C
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Unedited, see:

• Robinson, James M. 2013. The Manichean Codices of Medinet Madi. Eugene/OR: Cascade Books, 301-308.

Facsimile edition

• Giversen, Søren. 1986. The Manichean Coptic Papyri in the Chester Beatty Library 1: Kephalaia, Cahiers d’Orientalisme 14. Geneva: Cramer.

Additional bibliography

• BeDuhn, Jason and Greg Hodgins. 2017. "The Date of the Manichaean Codices from Medinet Madi, and Its Significance." In Manichaeism East and West, edited by Samuel N. C. Lieu, Erica Hunter, Enrico Morano and Nils Arne Pedersen, Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum, Analecta Manichaica 1. Turnhout: Brepols, 10-28.

Authors
Matthias Müller, Victor Ghica, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, Victor Ghica, 2021, "Artefact ID 16", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/16
External links
TM 107977 PAThs ID 175
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