| Artefact ID | 49 |
| TM ID | TM 107962 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
| Text content | Literary |
| Language | Coptic |
| Description | Papyrus roll (volumen) containing a hymn in Coptic (I 7 dialect). Text includes references to the serpent (line 10: 'even as a serpent ceases [its] strike, that [serpent] hears [and] speaks to them), to Patek (line 11), to Adam (lines 11-12: 'Adam as you [are] of God you [are] a son of God') and to Genesis 3.2 (line 30: 'Weep for me all ye trees which [are] in paradise'). [Text translation from Christie's auction page.] |
| Selection criteria | Subliterary genre (Liturgical), Biblical quote or paraphrase, Coptic language |
| Date from | 300 |
| Date to | 399 |
| Dating criteria | Material; manuscript form (roll rather than codex). |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Unknown provenance; it was sold at auction with Christie’s on 13.06.2012 alongside i.a. five fragments of containing 1 Kingdoms 1 Samuel. |
| Accession number | Private Collection. Formerly of the Erik von Scherling collection, 127. |
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