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Artefact ID561
TM IDTM 113251
Findspot (DEChriM ID)23   (al-Šayḫ ʿIbāda)
ClassTextual
MaterialParchment
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageGreek
Description

Nachtergael and Pintaudi 2008: 122-128

Four fragments of a small-format bifolio containing Ezechiel 45:25- 46:14. The miniature codex probably contained the whole book of Ezechiel. 

The script is a regular, squared, Biblical uncial, which gives the impression of a practised scribe.

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Biblical)
Date from350
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography. Based on the style of the Biblical uncial, the ed. pr. places the miniature codex in the second half of the 4th c.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

The provenance of the fragment is the Northern cemetery of al-Šayḫ ʿIbāda.

Accession number

Al-Šayḫ ʿIbāda, storehouse, inv. 25.1.2006.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps:

∙ Nachtergael, Georges and Rosario Pintaudi, eds. 2008. "Deux Parchemins Bibliques d'Antinoé." Antinoupolis I. Istituto Papirologico "G. Vitelli" Scavi e Materiali 1. Firenze: Istituto papirologico G. Vitelli. 118-130: 122-130, Papyrus no. 2. Plate I & II.

Authors
Sofia Heim, 2021
Suggested citation
Sofia Heim, 2021, "Artefact ID 561", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/561
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