Artefact ID | 250 |
TM ID | TM 62308 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 28 (al-Bahnasā) | Class | Textual |
Material | Papyrus |
Writing medium | Codex |
Text content | Literary |
Language | Greek |
Description | P.Oxy. III 403; Ap4 A fragment of a leaf from a papyrus codex. The text is apocryphal and contains the Apocalypse of Baruch 12:1-13:2 and 13:11-14:2. Large, slightly sloping uncial hand; high point frequently used; tendency to increase the size of the initial letters of lines. Corrections made by another hand. |
Selection criteria | Literary genre (Non-canonical) |
Date from | 300 |
Date to | 499 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography. Dated to the end of 4/5 c. by 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 | New York, General Theological Seminary, P. Oxy. 403. |