| Artefact ID | 709 |
| TM ID | TM 61994 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
| Material | Parchment |
| Writing medium | Codex |
| Text content | Literary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | Treu 1970: 57-58 Parchment fragment containing the Old Testament Canticum canticorum 5-6. The preserved folio measures 9.3 x 6 cm, and is constituted of two fragments (the horizontal break appears in l. 10 of the recto). The text is arranged in one column, with 15 lines on the recto and 17 lines on the verso. The original sheet size is estimated to have been approx. 10 x 7.5 cm with a writing area of ca. 8.4 x 5.5 cm; see ed. pr. The hair-side (recto) precedes the flesh-side (verso). The ed. pr. describes the hand as a small, regular and upright uncial. There is no apparent punctuation or diacritical marks, and one nomen sacrum could be assumed in the lacuna of l. 19. A correction was made by the same hand in l. 13. of the recto (supralinear addition of a iota). The text is divided into syntactical units, with the sub-lines (alternating) written in eisthesis. |
| Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical) |
| Date from | 300 |
| Date to | 399 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography. The ed. pr. places the fragment in the 4th c. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Provenance is unknown. |
| Accession number | Berlin, Staatliche Museen, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung P. 18196. |
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