| Artefact ID | 327 |
| TM ID | TM 64490 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 28 (al-Bahnasā) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
| Text content | Literary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | P.Oxy. L 3529 Tall papyrus fragment containing l. 1-11 of the Passion of St. Dioscorus. The fragment probably belonged to a book roll, due to the lack of writing on the verso. The hand is described as "awkward and gawky", and would have pointed to a composition as early as the Roman period, but the date is necessarily pushed to the 4th c. due to the textual content; see ed. pr. This fragment is the earliest attestation of the text of Dioscorus the Martyr and his persecution in Cynopolis. The text is complemented by much later Syriac (5/6 c.) and Latin (12/13 c.) parallels; see the ed. pr. The text presents the beginning dialogue between Culcian and Dioscorus. The scene would have taken place in 306/307 Cynopolis (cf. l. 1 "Διο]κλητιανοῦ and the complete date in the Syriac parallell; see ed. pr.). This particular witness omits the short exchange between the clerk and the prefect which is found in the parallel texts; see ed. pr. |
| Selection criteria | Literary genre (Hagiographic), Nomina sacra |
| Date from | 307 |
| Date to | 399 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography (compared with P.Oxy. XLIII 3106 and P.Beatty 8 12 (XII) as well as contextual evidence. The fragment necessarily postdates 307 due to the date found in the Syriac parallels; see the ed. pr. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | |
| Accession number | Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms, 42 5B 75/D(1-4)a. |
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