| Artefact ID | 643 |
| TM ID | TM 62012 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
| Text content | Literary, Subliterary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | ZPE 14 (1974): 197-200; Var23 Fragment containing Ode 8 = Daniel 3:52-84. The verses 54-57 and 69-76 are lost in lacunae. The ode is an opistograph written on the verso of P.Mich. inv. 6427 (recto), which contains Isaias 40:16 and the Shepherd of Hermas Mandata 1.1 (early 4th c., provenance N/A). The papyrus sheet was apparently turned 180 degrees before accomodating the text on the verso; see ed. pr. The surviving sheet (in two fragments) measures 13.5 x 12 cm + 9.5 x 4.5 cm. The text is arranged in two columns. Col. i. contains 5 legible lines followed by a lacuna of 10 lines, and finally 8 legible lines (23 lines in total); col. ii preserves 5 lines, followed by a lacuna of 8 lines, and finally 10 legible lines. Line 1 of col. 1. appears to contain the rests of a subtitle, and the ed. pr. reconstructs it as Ὕμνος τῶν τριῶν παίδ]ων for the three companions of David. The text does not contain any new textual variants. The text contains diaereses and nomina sacra, and no punctuation is visible. |
| Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical), Subliterary genre (Liturgical), Nomina sacra |
| Date from | 350 |
| Date to | 399 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography. The ed. pr. places the fragment in the late 4th c., after the text of the recto (P.Mich. inv. 6427; early 4th c.) |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Provenance is unknown. |
| Accession number | Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 6427 (Verso) |
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