Artefact ID | 21 |
TM ID | TM 107758 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 24 (Dišnā) | Class | Textual |
Material | Papyrus |
Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
Text content | Literary |
Language | Coptic |
Archive/Dossier | Archive |
Description | P.Bodm. III [P.Bodmer 3] Papyrus codex containing the Gospel According to John and the beginning of Genesis (1:1–4:2) in Coptic (B4: early Bohairic). The remains of this codex consist of 72 identifiable papyrus folios and numerous fragments. The original codex would have contained a complete copy of the Gospel According to John and Genesis 1:1-4:2 in early Bohairic. Robinson states that P.Bodm. 3 was brought to Geneva in September of 1955 by Phocion Tano along with P.Bodm. 2 (Robinson 2011: 40-41, 164). [Source: Bodmer Lab]. |
Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical), Coptic language |
Date from | 301 |
Date to | 400 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography (Kasser 1958: V) |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | Unclear provenance; reportedly found at Ǧabal Abū Mannāʿ near Dishna (Upper Egypt) in 1952 (part of the “Dishna Papers” alongside several other Bodmer Papyri), possibly the location of a Pachomian monastery, see Robinson 2011, Lundhaug 2018. |
Accession number | Geneva, Fondation Bodmer, P. Bodmer 3 |