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Artefact ID4
TM IDTM 107882
Findspot (DEChriM ID)25   (Aḫmīm)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageCoptic
Description

BnF 135D; BnF Ms copte 153.1.11

Papyrus codex containing Luke 1:29-68 in Sahidic Coptic.

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Biblical), Coptic language
Date from301
Date to400
Dating criteria

Palaeography, connection with Akhmimic mss (Artefact IDs 1-3)

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

None; bought by Maspero in Aḫmīm in winter 1894/95 (Lacau 1911: 43).

Accession number

Paris, National Library of France, Ms. Copte 135.1.11.

Note that there is no entry in Schüssler for this number.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference edition

• Lacau, Pierre. 1911. "Textes coptes en dialectes akhmimique et sahidique." Bulletin de lʼInstitut français dʼarchéologie orientale 8, 43-109: 76-81.

Editio princeps

• Bouriant, Urbain. 1885. "Les papyrus dʼAkhmim." In Mémoires publiés par les membres de la mission archéologique française au Caire 1 (2), 243-304: 259-260.

Additional bibliography

• Carlig, Nathan. 2020. "The Achmîm Papyri: Codicological Study and Attempt at Reconstruction." In Coptic Literature in Context (4th-13th cent.): Cultural Landscape, Literary Production, and Manuscript Archaeology, edited by Paola Buzi, 115-131. Rome: Edizioni Quasar di Severino Tognon S.r.l.

Authors
Mary Jane Cuyler, Matthias Müller, 2020, 2021
Suggested citation
Mary Jane Cuyler, Matthias Müller, 2020, 2021, "Artefact ID 4", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/4
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