Artefact ID | 502 |
TM ID | TM 61797 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 23 (al-Šayḫ ʿIbāda) | Class | Textual |
Material | Parchment |
Writing medium | Codex |
Text content | Literary |
Language | Greek |
Description | P.Ant. I 11; Gregory-Aland 0231 Parchment fragment containing the Second Gospel of Matthew 26:75 - 27:1.3-4. The fragment (measuring 5.9 x 4.8 cm) preserves 9 lines of text in a column on each side. The ed. pr. estimates that the folio originally had two columns per page, with 15 lines per column. The script is a Biblical majuscule, and punctuation appears in the form of the high point. |
Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical) |
Date from | 300 |
Date to | 499 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography. The ed. pr. places the fragment in the 4th c., and Cavallo has since placed it closer to the end of the 4th c.; see Cavallo 1967: 67. |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | The fragment was discovered in al-Šayḫ ʿIbāda (Antinoopolis). |
Accession number | Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms, P.Ant. 11. |