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Papyrus 2556
- Record Id:
- 040-002105552
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0001d1
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143125011.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2556
- Title:
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Psalm 2:3-12 (P.Lond.Lit. 204, TM 61958, LDAB 3115)
- Scope & Content:
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A leaf from a miniature papyrus codex containing Psalm 2:3-12.
Recto: Psalm 2:3-7.
Verso: Psalm 2:7-12.
The detached scrap at the bottom of the frame does not belong here.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105552 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2556 : Psalm 2:3-12 (P.Lond.Lit. 204, TM 61958, LDAB 3115) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0538]/040-002105552
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Leaf from a papyrus codex (miniature), imperfect on one side, containing 12 lines on either side; the upper margin measures 10 mm, the lower 15 mm; a scrap from another text, upside down in the frame and now detached from the leaf, had been added (possibly by the finders) to repair the gap in the lower corner of the leaf. Housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143125011.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- 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: 73 x 56 mm; detached scrap: 27 x 22 mm. Housed in a glass case measuring 120 x 105 mm.
Script: Small, neat, yet somewhat irregular uncial hand; nomina sacra are abbreviated.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Philadelpheia, Egypt. Purchased with a lot comprising Papyri 2557-2647 in November 1924, as part of a joint purchase arranged by Francis Willey Kelsey (b. 1858, d. 1927); acquired from Maurice Nahman (b. 1868, d. 1948).
- Former External References:
- P.Lond.Lit. 204
- 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. 369.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), pp. 166-167, no. 204.
M.-E. Mariën, Catalogus van de Egyptische Griekse christelijke literaire papyrusteksten der eerste vijf eeuwen (Löwen: 1948-1949), p. 39, no. 64.
C. H. Roberts, ‘The Codex’, Proceedings of the British Academy 40 (1955), pp. 169-204 (p. 198, no. 2).
K. Aland, Repertorium der griechischen christlichen Papyri: 1: Biblische Papyri: Altes Testament, Neues Testament, Varia, Apokryphen (Berlin-New York: W. De Gruyter 1976), p. 107, AT 43 and passim.
J. van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens (Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne 1976), p. 55, no. 92.
E. G. Turner, The typology of the early codex (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press 1977), p. 22.
A. Rahlfs, D. Fraenkel, Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht 2004), p. 219-220, no. 2051.
L. W. Hurtado, The Earliest Christian Artifacts: Manuscripts and Christian Origins (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans; Edinburgh : Alban [distributor] 2006), p. 213, no. 43.
M. J. Kruger, ‘Manuscripts, Scribes, and Book Production within Early Christianity’, in S. E. Porter, A. W. Pitts (eds.), Christian Origins and Greco-Roman Culture. Social and Literary Contexts for the New Testament (Leiden-Boston: Brill 2013), pp. 13-40 (p. 26).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)