| Artefact ID | 650 |
| TM ID | TM 59990 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 30 (al-Ašmūnayn) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Parchment |
| Writing medium | Codex |
| Text content | Literary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | Aegyptus 17 (1937): 456-459 Parchment fragment containing the Shepherd of Herma Similitudines V 1:5-2:2 and 2:4-2:6. The fragment preserves the upper part of a codex folio (measuring 9 x 14 cm) and contains 10 lines of text written in one column (with a loss of approx. 19 lines of text). The recto contains verses 1:5-2:2; the verso contains verses 2:4-2:6. The ed. pr. estimates the original folio to have measured 25 x 20 cm. There is no visible pagination, and the script is badly faded. The ed. pr. describes the hand as an elegant and careful Biblical uncial (described as "informal" in Wayment 2012: 84) with certain ligatures between letters, yet with neat separation of words and phrases. There are no corrections or lining of the sheet. For punctuation, the scribe employs high-dots, and a paragraphos appears in l. 9 of the verso. There is no accentuation, but there are diaereses and marked rough breathings in l. 5 of the recto. The text contains several nomina sacra. |
| Selection criteria | Literary genre (Non-canonical), Nomina sacra |
| Date from | 350 |
| Date to | 399 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography. The ed. pr. places the neat Biblical majuscule in the (end of) the 4th c. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Excavations of Otto Rubensohn in al-Ašmūnayn in 1906. |
| Accession number | Berlin, Staatliche Museen, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung P. 13272. |
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