Artefact ID | 34 |
TM ID | TM 61614 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 24 (Dišnā) | Class | Textual |
Material | Papyrus |
Writing medium | Codex |
Text content | Literary, Subliterary |
Language | Greek, Coptic |
Archive/Dossier | Archive |
Description | Chester Beatty Ac. 1390 Papyrus bifolium from a codex containing the Gospel of John 10.8-18; 11.43-55; 11.55-12.14 in Coptic (Lycopolitan dialect) and mathematical school exercises in Greek. Part of the same ancient collection as the "Bodmer Papyri". |
Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical), Coptic language |
Date from | 250 |
Date to | 350 |
Dating criteria | Kasser 1995: End of AD03. Brashear et al 1990: mid-AD03 to mid-AD04. |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | Unclear provenance; In the inventory book of the Library, a note reads: "Small Village DESHNA just after NAGHI HAMADI about 2 hours before LUXOR by train. Probably from a Library of a Monastery. Found in a Jar in a cemetery". Therefore reportedly found at Ǧabal Abū Mannāʿ near Dishna (Upper Egypt) in 1952 (part of the “Dishna Papers” alongside several Bodmer Papyri), possibly the location of a Pachomian monastery, see Robinson 2011, Lundhaug 2018. |
Accession number | Dublin, Chester Beatty Library, Ac 1390 |