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Artefact ID7
TM IDTM 107890
Findspot (DEChriM ID)25   (Aḫmīm)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageCoptic
Description

BnF 135F; BnF Ms. copte 135.3.26-32

Coptic papyrus codex containing the Apocalypse of Elias and the Apocalypse of Sophonias (or Zephaniah) in Sahidic Coptic.

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Non-canonical), Coptic language
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography, format and codex production

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

None; bought by Maspero in Aḫmīm in winter 1894/95 (Lacau 1911: 43).

Accession number

Paris, National Library of France, Ms. Copte 135.3.26-32

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference edition

• Steindorff, Georg. 1899. Die Apokalypse des Elias. Eine unbekannte Apokalypse und Bruchstücke der Sophonias-Apokalypse, Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der altchristlichen Literatur NF 2/3a. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs, 109-145.

Editio princeps

• Bouriant, Urbain. 1885. "Les papyrus d'Akhmim." In Mémoires publiés par les membres de la mission archéologique française au Caire 1 (2), 243-304: 260-279.

Additional bibliography

• Carlig, Nathan. 2020. "The Achmîm Papyri: Codicological Study and Attempt at Reconstruction." In Coptic Literature in Context (4th–13th cent.): Cultural Landscape, Literary Production, and Manuscript Archaeology, edited by Paola Buzi, 115-131. Rome: Edizioni Quasar di Severino Tognon S.r.l.

• Diebner, Bernd. 2003. Zephanijas Apokalypsen, Jüdische Schriften aus hellenistisch-römischer Zeit 5: Apokalypsen Lfg 9. Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlag.

• Frankfurter, David. 1993. Elijah in Upper Egypt: The Apocalypse of Elijah and Early Egyptian Christianity, Studies in Antiquity & Christianity. Minneapolis: Fortress Press.

• Lacau, Pierre. 1911. "Textes coptes en dialectes akhmimique et sahidique." Bulletin de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale 8 (1911): 43-109.

• Schrage, Wolfgang. 1980. Die Elia-Apokalypse, Jüdische Schriften aus hellenistisch-römischer Zeit 5: Apokalypsen Lfg 3. Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlag.

Authors
Mary Jane Cuyler, Matthias Müller, 2020, 2021
Suggested citation
Mary Jane Cuyler, Matthias Müller, 2020, 2021, "Artefact ID 7", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/7
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