Amherst Coptic Papyrus 8.3-4.

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Accession number: 
Amh. Copt. Pap. 8.3-4
Title: 
Amherst Coptic Papyrus 8.3-4.
Credit: 
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1914) in 1912.
Description: 
1 pane of glass containing 2 papyrus fragments ; 186 x 152 mm, 177 x 153 mm
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 fragments from four leaves of a papyrus homiletic codex; written in Egypt.
Text mentions the last judgment. Edited and translated into English by Crum.
Divisions: Ekthesis, enlarged initial, and paragraphus sign (dotted diple on verso of fragment (3)) setting off paragraphs.
Script: Upright. 10 lines = ca. 113 mm
Superlineation: Connective? Punctuation: Raised dot in conjunction with a space. Tremas.
Collation: No remains of signatures, quire ornaments, monograms, headlines or catchwords.

Language: 
Coptic, the Sahidic dialect
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