Artefact ID | 976 |
TM ID | TM 64663 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
Material | Papyrus |
Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
Text content | Literary |
Language | Greek |
Description | NTS 3 (1957): 262-264; 𝔓7b (Soden ε II) Papyrus fragment containing a theological text with an allusion to the Second Gospel of Matthew. The fragment measured 26.3 x 15.2 cm, and contained one column with 22 highly damaged lines of text. The text appears to be theological, although a more precise description is not possible. The text contains an allusion to Matt 6:33-4 or Matt 7:12. The text contains no nomina sacra. One instance of a line-end abbreviation of nu is preserved in l. 10. |
Selection criteria | Literary genre (Theological) |
Date from | 300 |
Date to | 599 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography. The fragment was dated palaeographically by Caspar René Gregory to a period between the 4-6th c.; see Aland 1957: 263. |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | The provenance is uncertain: a possible provenance is the Catharina Monastery in Sinai, Egypt. |
Accession number | Kiev, National Library Petrov 533 [one of two fragments listed as no. 152. For the other fragment, see 𝔓7a]. The fragment was previously kept in Kiev, Private collection Uspensky with an unknown inventory number (previous). The fragment is now considered lost. |