| Artefact ID | 974 |
| TM ID | TM 61420 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 24 (Dišnā) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Codex |
| Text content | Literary |
| Language | Greek |
| Archive/Dossier | Archive |
| Description | Bodmer Composite Codex (P.Bodm. V, VII, VIII and X-XIII) Miniature papyrus codex containing an anthology with the Protevangelium of Jacob; the First Epistle of Peter, verses 1:1-5:14; the Odes of Salomon 11; Pseudo-Paulus' 3 Corinthians; the Epistle of Jude; the Second Epistle of Peter 1-3.18. That these works are to be considered as joined with P.Bodm. XX+IX (The Apologia of Phileas and Psalms 33-34) in a composite is not accepted by all scholars. The codex consists of 96 folios (approx. 142 folios originally) which originally measured 16 x 14.5 cm. The text is written in one column per page, with approx. 14-20 lines of text per column. Pagination is preserved, giving the highest page number of "68". The following descriptions are arranged in what is assumed to be the original sequence of the codex (cf. the ed. pr.): V-X-XI-VII-XIII-XII-(XX-IX-)VIII. Descriptions of P.Bodm. XX + IX can be found under its own page.
(then follow P.Bodmer XX+IX, described under their own 4CARE-page)
The anthology is apparently written in four or five different hands. The palaeographer P. Orsini describes the hands A and C as a formal round script, while E appears to be of the Alexandrian stylistic class; D is mixed style; and B is an informal round script. Several nomina sacra occur. The codex is labelled as belonging to the Dishna papers-archive. |
| Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical), Literary genre (Non-canonical), Literary genre (Hagiographic), Literary genre (Theological), Subliterary genre (Liturgical), Nomina sacra, Coptic language |
| Date from | 300 |
| Date to | 350 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography. The ed. pr. places the fragments in the 3rd c. The date was pushed to the 4th c. by E. G. Turner (see Turner 1977: 79), and the palaeographers W. Clarysse and P. Orsini place the codex more specifically in first half of the 4th c.; see Clarysse / Orsini 2012: 471. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | The provenance is uncertain, but a provenance in the Panopolis (Akhmim) in Upper Egypt is possible, as per the suggestions of G. D. Kilpatrick and E. G. Turner; see Turner 1977: 52-53. The papyri were purchased by Martin Bodmer in 1955/56. |
| Accession number | Geneva, Fondation Bodmer 5 + 7 + 10-13 + Rome, Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Papiro Bodmer VIII. |
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