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Artefact ID18
TM IDTM 107889
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageCoptic
Description

Fragment from a papyrus manuscript containing the Apocalypse of Zephaniah, aka Sophonias, in Sahidic Coptic. Destroyed in the fire of the library of Leuven University on June 17th, 1940.

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Non-canonical), Coptic language
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography (Lefort 1938).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

Leuven, KU Leuven 13. Now lost (burned).

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Lefort, Louis Théophile. 1938. "Coptica Lovaniensia." Le Muséon 51: 1-32 [no. 13, 31-32, Pl. IVb].

Additional bibliography 

• Diebner, Bernd. 2003. Zephanijas Apokalypsen, Jüdische Schriften aus hellenistisch-römischer Zeit 5: Apokalypsen Lfg 9. Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlag.

• Lefort, Louis Théophile. 1940. Les manuscrits coptes de l'université de Louvain. Vol. I, Louvain: Bibliotheque de l'Université [no. 13].

 

Authors
Mary Jane Cuyler, Matthias Müller, 2020, 2021
Suggested citation
Mary Jane Cuyler, Matthias Müller, 2020, 2021, "Artefact ID 18", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/18
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