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Artefact ID77
TM IDTM 107738
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageCoptic
Description

Berlin Coptic Book; Berliner Koptisches Buch

109 fragmentary leaves + 92 unplaced fragments from a papyrus codex containing theological works, including a letter of Barnabas, written in Coptic (Sahidic). 

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Theological), Coptic language
Date from301
Date to350
Dating criteria

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

Berlin, Staatliche Museen, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung P. 20915

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio Princeps

• Schenke Robinson, Gesine with H.-M. Schenke, and Uwe-Karsten Plisch. 2004. Das Berliner "Koptische Buch" (P 20915) : eine wiederhergestellte frühchristlich-theologische Abhandlung. Corpus scriptorum christianorum orientalium 610/611, Scriptores coptici 49/50. Leuven: Peeters.

Authors
Mary Jane Cuyler, Matthias Müller, 2020, 2025
Suggested citation
Mary Jane Cuyler, Matthias Müller, 2020, 2025, "Artefact ID 77", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/77
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