Artefact ID | 847 |
TM ID | TM 61863 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
Material | Papyrus |
Writing medium | Codex |
Text content | Literary |
Language | Greek |
Description | P.Laur. IV 142; Gregory-Aland P89; 𝔓89 Papyrus fragment from a codex containing the Paul, Hebrews 6:7-9 and 15-17. The fragment measures 3.5 x 5 cm (estimate for original size is 16 x 14 cm; see ed. pr. with a max. of 21 lines), and contains 7 and 8 lines of text written in one column. The verso (Heb 6:7-9) precedes the recto (Heb 6:15-17) Nomina sacra are conjectured within the lacunae, and the papyrus does not exhibit punctuation or lectional aids. |
Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical) |
Date from | 300 |
Date to | 399 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography. The ed. pr. places the fragment in the second half of the 4th c. with the parallel of i.a. PSI VIII 959 (account dated to 382/383; Hermopolites). The dating is expanded by the palaeographers W. Clarysse and P. Orsini to include the whole of the 4th c.; see Clarysse / Orsini 2012: 471. K. Jaroš, on the other hand, dates the fragments to the late 3rd/early 4th c.; see Jaroš 2006: 4967-4973. |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | The provenance is unknown. |
Accession number | Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, inv. PL III 292 |