| Artefact ID | 723 |
| TM ID | TM 61940 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Codex |
| Text content | Literary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | BKT VIII 20 Papyrus fragment contianing Isaiah 36:16-37:6. The verso precedes the recto. The fragment measures 12 x 4 cm, and preserves 16 lines of text of both recto and verso. The verso preserves remnants of an unknown text written perpendicular to the Biblical text, and it is written in another hand. The text contains diaereses and several nomina sacra, and punctuation is lacking. |
| Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical) |
| Date from | 300 |
| Date to | 399 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography. The fragment is placed in the 2/3rd c. in Rahlfs/Fraenkel (2004: 22-23), but is listed as belonging to the 4th c. in Van Haelst; see VanHaelst 1976: 299. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Provenance is unknown. |
| Accession number | Berlin, Staatliche Museen, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung P. 6772. |
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