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Artefact ID	1716
TM ID	TM 17873 / LDAB 1061
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Literary
Language	Greek
Description	P. Lond. 3 878 verso, SB VI 9218, van Haelst 649: Fragment containing a section from the Life of Constantine This fragment (24 x 17 cm) on the verso of a petition from Arsinoe (SB VI 9217) contains Eusebius’ Vita Constantini II 26–29, from the Edict of Constantine to the provincials of Palestine. Skeat 1950 had mainly remarked on the mention of τῆς Βριττάνοις and not identified the text. The present text is assumed to be preceded (and followed?) by at least another column; the left column is reconstructed in Jones 1954 by some single letters.
Selection criteria	Literary genre (Theological)
Date from	319
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Palaeography and context; the recto containing a petition is dated by indiction and placed in the year 319/320 CE, placing this side slightly later in time.
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown provenance; acquired in 1896–1903.
Accession number	London, British Library Pap 878 Vo

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference edition
• Jones, A. H. M. 1954. “Notes on the Genuineness of the Constantinian Documents in Eusebius's Life of Constantine. Appendix by T.C. Skeat.” Journal of Ecclesiastical History 5. 196-200: 200.
• Jones, A. H. M., 1974. “Notes on the Genuineness of the Constantinian Documents in Eusebius's Life of Constantine. Appendix by T.C. Skeat.” In The Roman Economy. Studies in Ancient Economic and Administrative History, edited by Peter A. Brunt. Oxford: Blackwell. 257-262.

Editio princeps
• Skeat, Theodore Cressy. 1950. “Britain and the Papyri (P. Lond. 878).” In Aus Antike und Orient. Festschrift Wilhelm Schubart zum 70. Geburtstag, edited by Siegfried Morenz. Leipzig: Harrassowitz. 126-132.

Additional bibliography
• –––. 2005. “I. Public Documents Dealing with Christians. F. The Lifting of Official Bans.” Papyri from the Rise of Christianity in Egypt: Draft Conspectus. (PCE.1.F). Macquarie University. 2, No. 8. [http://www.mq.edu.au/pubstatic/public/download/%3Fid%3D45105&usg=AOvVaw2xqK_R6N3vQdQpC4Mq_iMD]
• Aland, Kurt. 1995. Repertorium der griechischen christlichen Papyri: 2. Kirchenväter – Papyri. Berlin/New York: De Gruyter. 201-203, KV 23.
• Bingen, Jean. 1965. “Review of Roger A. Pack, The Greek and Latin Literary Texts from Greco-Roman Egypt.” Chronique d’Egypte (CdE) 40. 483-485: 484-485.
• Kenyon, Frederic G. and Harold Idris Bell. 1907. Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Catalogue, with Texts. Vol. III. London: British Museum. xlii, No. Pap. 878.
• Kiessling, Emil. 1960. Sammelband Griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Sechster Band. Zweites Heft (Nr. 9139–9290). (SB 6). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 127-128, No. 9218.
• Skeat, Theodore C. 1953. “Two Byzantine Documents.” British Museum Quarterly (BMQ) 18: 71-73.
• Treu, Kurt. 1969. “Christliche Papyri 1940-1967.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung (AfP) 19. 169-206: 189.
• van Haelst, Joseph. 1976. Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens. Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne. 233-234, No. 649.

Authors

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023

Suggested citation

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1716", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1716

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TM 17873 / LDAB 1061 DCLP / DDbDP (PN) HGV The British Library – Papyrus 878

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