Accession number
Amh. Copt. Pap. 9.11-12
Object title
Amherst Coptic Papyrus 9.11-12.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1912.
Description
1 pane of glass containing 2 papyrus fragments ; 9 1/2 x 5 in.; 5 x 6 1/2 in.
Provenance
Brought to a dealer in Luxor from Hū, ancient Diospolis Parva, according to Archibald Henry Sayce, who saw the manuscript at Luxor before its acquisition; purchased by Lord Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney, in the winter of 1905-1906; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1912; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Manuscript fragment from a Homily on Romans 4:15 attributed to Gregory of Nazianzus; written in Egypt.
Edited and translated into English by Crum.
Divisions: Slightly enlarged initial and paragraphus sign (obelus) setting off paragraphs.
Script: Upright. 10 lines = ca. 109 mm
Superlineation: Connective? Punctuation: ? Tremas.
Collation: Monograms on fols. 5v, 6r. No remains of signatures, quire ornaments, headlines or catchwords.
Edited and translated into English by Crum.
Divisions: Slightly enlarged initial and paragraphus sign (obelus) setting off paragraphs.
Script: Upright. 10 lines = ca. 109 mm
Superlineation: Connective? Punctuation: ? Tremas.
Collation: Monograms on fols. 5v, 6r. No remains of signatures, quire ornaments, headlines or catchwords.
Language
Coptic, the Sahidic dialect
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