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Amherst Coptic Papyrus 11.

Accession number
Amh. Copt. Pap. 11
Object title
Amherst Coptic Papyrus 11.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1914) in 1912.
Description
1 pane of glass containing 1 papyrus fragment ; 222 x 180 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 fragment from a papyrus homiletic codex; written in Egypt.
Text mentionins the Good Samaritan. Edited and translated into English by Crum.
Divisions: Ekthesis and slightly enlarged initial setting off paragraphs.
Script: Upright. 10 lines = ca. 112 mm
Superlineation: ? Punctuation: Raised dot in conjunction with a space. Tremas (single short strokes).
Collation: ? No remains of signatures, quire ornaments, monograms, headlines or catchwords.
Language
Coptic, the Sahidic dialect
Classification