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Artefact ID928
TM IDTM 108670
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll, Uncertain
Text contentLiterary
LanguageCoptic
Description

P.Lond.Copt. I 1221

Fragment with two texts, one that right angles the fibres with Num 5:15-18 in Coptic (F) and another in a different hand on the other side of the fragment with parts of a homily with prophetic contents of famine and disturbances in Coptic (F)

Note that the texts are Fayumic (see already Vaschalde 1933: 301 BMC 1221) and not Akhmimic as indicated on TM and DCLP

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Biblical), Literary genre (Theological), Coptic language
Date from401
Date to500
Dating criteria

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

London, British Library Or 4717 (21)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Crum, Walter Ewing. 1905. Catalogue of the Coptic Manuscripts in the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum, 504.

Additional bibliography

• Vaschalde, Arthur Adolphe. 1933. "Ce qui a été publié des versions coptes de la Bible." Le Muséon 46: 301 [299–313].

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 928", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/928
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