| Artefact ID | 96 |
| TM ID | TM 108138 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 51 (Madīnat Māḍī) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Codex |
| Text content | Literary |
| Language | Coptic |
| Archive/Dossier | Dossier |
| Description | Unedited fragmentary remains of a codex containing Acts of Mani in Coptic (L4), now dispersed over three collections: the Egyptian Museum in Berlin (Pap. Berlin P. 15997; 7 or 8 leaves, largely illegible, taken from the block for restoration, with the rest of the block lost during/after the war); the Department of Papyrology of Warsaw University (no number known, fragment of a leaf from Berlin); Chester Beatty (number unknown; single leaf). State of conservation rather deplorable, hence largely unpublished. |
| Selection criteria | Literary genre (Non-canonical), Coptic language |
| Date from | 380 |
| Date to | 435 |
| Dating criteria | Manichaean context, dossier connection with other Manichaean codices, radiocarbon dating (BeDuhn, Hodgins 2017). |
| Absolute/relative date | Absolute date |
| Archaeological context | Supposedly found at Madīnat Māḍī (Robinson 2013: 58–59). |
| Accession number | Berlin, Staatliche Museen, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung P. 15997 + Warsaw, Department of Papyrology, number unknown + Dublin, Chester Beatty, Pma |
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