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Papyrus 2467
- Record Id:
- 040-002105500
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00017b
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143124566.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2467
- Title:
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The Shepherd of Hermas (P.Oxy. XIII 1599, P.Lond.Lit. 225, TM 59992, LDAB 1104)
- Scope & Content:
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A leaf of a papyrus codex containing the Shepherd of Hermas, Sim. VIII 6.4-8.3. The text displays several omissions.
Recto: The Sheperd of Hermas, Sim. VIII 6.4-7.3, written across the fibres. The page is numbered as 72 on top.
Verso: The Sheperd of Hermas, Sim. VIII 7.4-8.3, written along the fibres. The page is numbered as 73 on top.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105500 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2467 : The Shepherd of Hermas (P.Oxy. XIII 1599, P.Lond.Lit. 225, TM 59992, LDAB 1104) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1294]/040-002105500
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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A complete leaf from a papyrus codex, somewhat damaged at the edges, with one column on either side, each of 28 lines. The numbering of the page is preserved at the top. First comes the side with the text written across the fibres, then the one with writing along the fibres. The side margins survive to 32 mm. The lower margin measures 25 mm on the recto and 30 mm on the verso. Housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143124566.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0300
- End Date:
- 0399
- Date Range:
- 4th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 245 x 198 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 30 x 255 mm.
Script: Medium-sized upright semi-uncial hand. A second hand, larger and less practised, is found from part of line 5 to the end of the front page. Nomina sacra are present; diaeresis and two apostrophes occur; punctuation is by mid stop.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Presented with a lot comprising Papyri 2435-2485 by the Egypt Exploration Society on 18 July 1922.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond.Lit. 225
P.Oxy. XIII 1599 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum 1950), p. 366.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri XIII (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1919), pp. 15-19, no. 1599.
C. Wessely, Les plus anciens monuments du christianisme écrits sur papyrus (Paris: Firmin-Didot 1924), pp. 504-506.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), p. 187, no. 225 descr.
M. Whittaker, Die Apostolischen Väter I: Der Hirt des Hermas (Berlin: Akademie Verlag 1967).
J. van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens (Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne 1976), p. 239, no. 667 descr.
T. Baarda, W. L. Petersen, J. S. Vos, H. J. de Jonge, Sayings of Jesus: canonical and non-canonical: essays in honour of Tjitze Baarda (Leiden- New York: E. J. Brill 1997), p. 62.
M. W. Holmes, The Apostolic Fathers (Grand Rapids: Baker Academy 1999), pp. 462-465.
C. Osiek, The Shepherd of Hermas: A Commentary (Minneapolis: Fortress Press 1999).
T. J. Kraus, T. Nicklas, Early Christian manuscripts: examples of applied method and approach (Leiden-Boston: Brill 2010), p. 200.
L. H. Blumell, Lettered Christians: Christians, letters, and late antique Oxyrhynchus (Leiden: Brill 2012), pp. 167, 321.
T. A. Wayment, The Text of the New Testament Apocrypha (100-400 CE) (New York: Bloomsbury 2013), pp. 153-154, 374-375.
L. H. Blumell, T. A. Wayment, Christian Oxyrhynchus: texts, documents, and sources (Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press 2015), pp. 274-278, no. 76.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Hermas
- Places:
- Oxyrhynchus (Bahnasa), Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt