Artefact ID | 783 |
TM ID | TM 107867 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
Material | Papyrus |
Writing medium | Codex |
Text content | Literary |
Language | Coptic |
Description | Mart. Cyriacus & Julitta Fragments of folios from a codex with the Martyrdom of Kyrikos/Cyricus (child martyr) and his mother Iulitta in Coptic (M), condemmed as heretic by Pope Gelasios in 495/96 |
Selection criteria | Literary genre (Hagiographic), Coptic language |
Date from | 375 |
Date to | 500 |
Dating criteria | Early editions gave a datation span from late 4th cent. until the end of 5th cent., Schenke 1999: 150 quotes N. Gonis authoritative opinion that the handwriting should be dated not earlier than the 5th cent. |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | - |
Accession number | Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 1291; P.Mich 18 796 (ed. Schenke) + Birmingham, Selly Oaks, Cadbury Research Library, P.Harris 16 |