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Papyrus 37

Record Id:

040-002104455

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002104451

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x0002eb

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Papyrus 37

Title:

Psalter (P.Lond.Lit. 205, TM 62211, LDAB 3371)

Scope & Content:

Fragments of a Psalter containing Psalms 10:-18:, 20:14-34:6.

Papyrus 37(1)

Recto: Psalm 10:2-7

Verso: Psalm 10:7-Psalm 11:6

Papyrus 37(2)

Recto: Psalm 11:7-Psalm 12:3

Verso: Psalm 12:4-Psalm 13:1

Papyrus 37(3)

Recto: Psalm 13:1-3

Verso: Psalm 13:3-Psalm 14:1

Papyrus 37(4)

Recto: Psalm 14:1-5

Verso: Psalm 14:5-Psalm 15:5

Papyrus 37(5)

Recto: Psalm 15:6-11

Verso: Psalm 16:1-4

Papyrus 37(6)

Recto: Psalm 16:4-9

Verso: Psalm 16:9-14

Papyrus 37(7)

Recto: Psalm 16:14-Psalm 17:3

Verso: Psalm 17:3-8

Papyrus 37(8)

Recto: Psalm 17:8-15

Verso: Psalm 17:15-20

Papyrus 37(9)

Recto: Psalm 17:20-26

Verso: Psalm 17:26-33

Papyrus 37(10)

Recto: Psalm 17:33-38

Verso: Psalm 17:38-44

Papyrus 37(11)

Recto: Psalm 17:44-51

Verso: Psalm 17:51-Psalm 18:6

Papyrus 37(12)

Blank

Papyrus 37(13)

Recto: Psalm 20:14-Psalm 21:8

Verso: Psalm 21:8-14

Papyrus 37(14)

Recto: Psalm 21:14-19

Verso: Psalm 21:19-25

Papyrus 37(15)

Recto: Psalm 21:25-30

Verso: Psalm 21:30-Psalm 22:5

Papyrus 37(16)

Recto: Psalm 22:5-Psalm 23:3

Verso: Psalm 23:4-9

Papyrus 37(17)

Recto: Psalm 23:10-Psalm 24:7

Verso: Psalm 24:7-24:12

Papyrus 37(18)

Recto: Psalm 24:12-17

Verso: Psalm 24:18-Psalm 25:1

Papyrus 37(19)

Recto: Psalm 25:1-8

Verso: Psalm 25:9-Psalm 26:2

Papyrus 37(20)

Recto: Psalm 26:2-6

Verso: Psalm 26:7-12

Papyrus 37(21)

Blank

Papyrus 37(22)

Recto: Psalm 26:12-Psalm 27:2

Verso:Psalm 27:3-5

Papyrus 37(23)

Recto: Psalm 27:5-9

Verso: Psalm 27:9-Psalm 28:6

Papyrus 37(24)

Recto: Psalm 28:6-Psalm 29:1

Verso: Psalm 29:2-7

Papyrus 37(25)

Recto: Psalm 29:8-13

Verso: Psalm 29:13-Psalm 30:7

Papyrus 37(26)

Recto: Psalm 30:7-12

Verso: Psalm 30:12-18

Papyrus 37(27)

Recto: Psalm 30:19-23

Verso: Psalm 30:23-Psalm 31:2

Papyrus 37(28)

Recto: Psalm 31:2-6

Verso: Psalm 31:6-9

Papyrus 37(29)

Recto: Psalm 31:9-Psalm 32:5

Verso: Psalm 32:5-12

Papyrus 37(30)

Recto: Psalm 32:13-19

Verso: Psalm 32:19-Psalm 33:3

Papyrus 37(31)

Recto: Psalm 33:3-10

Verso: Psalm 33:11-18

Papyrus 37(32)

Recto: Psalm 33:18-Psalm 34:1

Verso: Psalm 34:3-6.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002104451
040-002104455

Is part of:

Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri

Papyrus 37 : Psalter (P.Lond.Lit. 205, TM 62211, LDAB 3371)

Hierarchy:

032-002104451[0005]/040-002104455

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

Thirty-two leaves of a papyrus codex of inferior quality, with surface damage and occasional darker veins, housed in thirty-two glass frames named Papyrus 37(1), Papyrus 37(2), Papyrus 37(3), Papyrus 37(4), Papyrus 37(5), Papyrus 37(6), Papyrus 37(7), Papyrus 37(8), Papyrus 37(9), Papyrus 37(10), Papyrus 37(11), Papyrus 37(12), Papyrus 37(13), Papyrus 37(14), Papyrus 37(15), Papyrus 37(16), Papyrus 37(17), Papyrus 37(18), Papyrus 37(19), Papyrus 37(20), Papyrus 37(21), Papyrus 37(22), Papyrus 37(23), Papyrus 37(24), Papyrus 37(25), Papyrus 37(26), Papyrus 37(27), Papyrus 37(28), Papyrus 37(29), Papyrus 37(30), Papyrus 37(31), Papyrus 37(32).

Each side bears one column of 14-19 lines (170 x 130 mm), with only Papyrus 37(12) and Papyrus 37(21) being blank.

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Greek, Ancient

Scripts:

Greek

Start Date:

0550

End Date:

0699

Date Range:

mid 6th century-7th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Papyrus.

Dimensions: Leaf: 220 x 165 mm; housed in thirty-two glass frames named Papyrus 37(1), Papyrus 37(2), Papyrus 37(3), Papyrus 37(4), Papyrus 37(5), Papyrus 37(6), Papyrus 37(7), Papyrus 37(8), Papyrus 37(9), Papyrus 37(10), Papyrus 37(11), Papyrus 37(12), Papyrus 37(13), Papyrus 37(14), Papyrus 37(15), Papyrus 37(16), Papyrus 37(17), Papyrus 37(18), Papyrus 37(19), Papyrus 37(20), Papyrus 37(21), Papyrus 37(22), Papyrus 37(23), Papyrus 37(24), Papyrus 37(25), Papyrus 37(26), Papyrus 37(27), Papyrus 37(28), Papyrus 37(29), Papyrus 37(30), Papyrus 37(31), Papyrus 37(32), all measuring 240 x 195 mm.

Script: Thin, sloping semi-uncial of the Coptic type, irregular and with some cursive traits. Accents and breathings occur, nomina sacra are abbreviated.

Custodial History:

Origin: Egypt.

Provenance: Memnoneia, Djeme (Thebes west), Sheikh Abd el-Gurna, Monastery of Epiphanius. Acquired from Edward Hogg in 1836 with a Coptic papyrus.

Former External References:

AT50
P.Lond.Lit. 205

Publications:

Edward Hogg, Visit to Alexandria, Damascus, and Jerusalem, during the successful campaign of Ibrahim Pasha II (London: Saunders and Otley 1835), pp. 310-312 (footnote).

K. von Tischendorf, ‘Neuer Beitrag zur neutestamentlichen Textkritik’, Theologische Studien und Kritiken 17 (1844), pp. 471-498 (pp. 490-496).

K. von Tischendorf, Monumenta sacra inedita: Nova Collectio I (Lipsiae: J. C. Hindrichs 1855), pp. 217-218.

V. Gardthausen, Griechische palaeographie (Leipzig: B.G. Teubner 1879), pp. 163-164.

K. von Tischendorf, Vetus Testamentum Graece (Sixth Edition) (Lipsiae: F.A. Brockhaus 1880), pp. xlvii-xlviii.

Catalogue of Ancient Manuscripts in the British Museum I (London: Trustees of the British Museum 1891), p. 21, with pl. 12.

H. B. Swete, The Old Testament in Greek (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1891), pp. xii-xiii.

A. Rahlfs, Der Text des Septuaginta-Psalters. Nebst einem Anhang: Griechische Psalterfragmente aus Oberägypten nach Abschriften von W. E. Crum (Septuaginta-Studien II) (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1907), pp. 5, 147-152.

H. E. Winlock, W. E. Crum, The monastery of Epiphanius at Thebes. Part II, Coptic ostraca and papyri (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Egyptian Expedition 1926), p. 299, no. 578, with pl. xvii.

H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: Trustees of the British Museum 1927), pp. 167-168, no. 205.

K. Aland, Repertorium der griechischen christlichen Papyri: 1: Biblische Papyri: Altes Testament, Neues Testament, Varia, Apokryphen (Berlin-New York: W. De Gruyter 1976), AT 50.

J. van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens (Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne 1976), no. 108.

A. Rahlfs, D. Fraenkel, Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht 2004), pp. 213-214.

C. Emmenegger, Der Text des koptischen Psalters aus al-Mudil : ein Beitrag zur Textgeschichte der Septuaginta und zur Textkritik koptischer Bibelhandschriften, mit der kritischen Neuausgabe des Papyrus 37 der British Library London (U) und des Papyrus 39 der Leipziger Universitätsbibliothek (2013) (Texte und Untersuchungen 159) (Berlin-New York: W. de Gruyter 2007), pp. 259-327.

T. Górecki, A. Łajtar, ‘An ostracon from the Christian hermitage in MMA 1152’, The Journal of Juristic Papyrology 42 (2012), pp. 135-164 (p. 142).

A. Boud'hors, ‘À la recherche des manuscrits coptes de la région thébaine’, in D. Brakke, S. J. Davis, S. Emmel (eds.), From Gnostics to Monastics. Studies in Coptic and Early Christianity in Honor of Bentley Layton (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 263) (Leuven, Paris, Bristol, CT: Peeters 2017), pp. 175-212 (p. 186).

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Places:

Memnoneia, Djeme (Thebes West), Egypt