| Artefact ID | 247 |
| TM ID | TM 61972 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 28 (al-Bahnasā) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Parchment |
| Writing medium | Codex |
| Text content | Literary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | P.Oxy. XIII 1594 A nearly intact folio from a miniature vellum codex containing a singular recension of Tobias 12:14-19. Written in a small neat uncial hand; nomina sacra; no punctuation but a diaeresis occurs on the verso which is much damaged. Traces of what may be lines of ruling in the margin of the recto, which is probably the hair-side. |
| Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical), Nomina sacra |
| Date from | 200 |
| Date to | 399 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography. Dated to the late 3rd c. by the ed. pr. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | The fragment was found in al-Bahnasā (Oxyrhynchos) during the excavations of Bernard Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt. |
| Accession number | Cambridge, University Library Add. Ms. 6363 |
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