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Egerton Papyrus 4
- Record Id:
- 040-001982506
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001982502
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000116.0x00010b
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100142973853.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton Papyrus 4
- Title:
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2 Chronicles 24 (P.Lond.Christ. 3, TM 61936, LDAB 3093)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragments of a leaf of a papyrus codex preserving 2 Chronicles 24:17-27. The front side, written across the fibres, contains 24:17-23; the back side, written along the fibres, contains 24:23-27. With 11 scraps.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Papyri Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001982502
040-001982506 - Is part of:
- Egerton Papyrus 1-37 : Egerton Papyri
Egerton Papyrus 4 : 2 Chronicles 24 (P.Lond.Christ. 3, TM 61936, LDAB 3093) - Hierarchy:
- 032-001982502[0004]/040-001982506
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Egerton Papyrus 1-37
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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2 larger fragments forming the upper and lower parts of the leaf of a papyrus codex, and 11 unplaced scraps. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, and across them on the other side; the side with the text against the fibres precedes the other. Each page originally contained one column of 24-25 lines, with each line having an average of 27 letters. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100142973853.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0200
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 112 x 100 mm (the larger fragments measuring 42 x 45 mm and 46 x 93 mm); housed in a glass case measuring 200 x 270 mm.
Script: Regular but not calligraphic uncial hand, thick and mostly bilinear; rough breathing, apostrophe and diaeresis occur; high stop frequent; nomina sacra abbreviated.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Bought with a lot comprising Egerton Papyri 2-31 from Maurice Nahman (b. 1868, d. 1948) by the British Museum on 28 July 1934, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829)).
- Former External References:
- P.Lond.Christ. 3
- Publications:
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H. I. Bell, T. C. Skeat, Fragments of an unknown gospel and other early Christian papyri (London: The Trustees of the British Museum 1935), pp. 52-55, no. 3.
W. Baars, ‘Short Notes. Papyrus Barcinonensis, inv. n° 3 and Egerton Papyrus 4’, Vetus Testamentum 15 (1965), pp. 528-529.
K. Aland, Repertorium der griechischen christlichen Papyri: 1: Biblische Papyri: Altes Testament, Neues Testament, Varia, Apokryphen (Berlin-New York: W. De Gruyter 1976), pp. 101-102, AT 38.
J. van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens (Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne 1976), p. 51, no. 75.
A. Rahlfs, D. Fraenkel, Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht 2004), pp. 209-210, no. 971.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)