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Artefact ID73
TM IDTM 107800
Findspot (DEChriM ID)31   (Dayr al-Balāyza)
ClassTextual
MaterialParchment
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageCoptic
Description

P.Bal. I 22

Miniature parchment codex containing Pauline and Catholic epistles in Coptic (Sahidic Dialect). Specifically, fragments of 5 pages contain: a) Ephesians 2:11 & 13; b) I Peter 2: 15–3:1, 3, 4; c) I John 2: 4–15; d) James 3: 14, 15, 17, 18 and James 4: 3, 5, 6; e) unidentified.

Written by the same scribe as P.Bal I. 25 according to ed.pr.
Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Biblical), Coptic language
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography; dialect.
Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Copt. e. 16 (1-2) + MS. Copt. d. 187 b + MS. Copt. e. 86 (P)
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio Princeps

• Kahle, Paul E. 1954. Bala'izah. Coptic Texts from Dier El-Bala'izah in Upper Egypt. Vol. 1. London: Oxford University Press, 388-396.

Additional Bibliography

• Crum, W.E. 1907. "The Coptic Manuscripts." In Gizeh and Rifeh. British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account, edited by Flinders Petrie, 39-43. London: School of Archaeology in Egypt.

• Schüssler, Karlheinz. 1991. Die katholischen Briefe. Corpus Scriptorium Orientalium Christianorum. Louvain: Peeters, 86-87 [no. 33].

• Schüssler, Karlheinz. 2007. Das sahidische Alte und Neue Testament Lfg. 1 Sa 586 - 620. Biblia Coptica 4.1. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 35-37 [Sa 588]. 

Authors
Mary Jane Cuyler, 2020
Suggested citation
Mary Jane Cuyler, 2020, "Artefact ID 73", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/73
External links
TM 107800 / LDAB 107800 PAThs CLM ID 964
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