Artefact ID | 844 |
TM ID | TM 62004 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 28 (al-Bahnasā) | Class | Textual |
Material | Papyrus |
Writing medium | Codex |
Text content | Literary |
Language | Greek |
Description | PSI X 1163; Aland AT98 Papyrus fragment from a codex containing Job 1:19 - 2:1 and 2:6. The fragment measures 7.2 x 12 cm, and preserves 16 (17 originally) lines of text written in a single column. The verso precedes the recto. The text contains several nomina sacra. |
Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical), Nomina sacra |
Date from | 200 |
Date to | 399 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography. Dated to the 4th c. by the ed. pr., and even earlier (to the first half of the 3rd c.) by E. Crisci; see Crisci 2002: rec. no. 187. For a date in the 3/4th c; see Turner 1977: 180 (OT 177). |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | The provenance is the Oxyrhynchus (al-Bahnasā) (excavations of E. Breccia). |
Accession number | Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana inv. 19963 |