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Amherst Coptic Papyrus 13.

Accession number
Amh. Copt. Pap. 13
Object title
Amherst Coptic Papyrus 13.
Created
Egypt.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1914) in 1912.
Description
1 pane of glass containing 2 papyrus fragments ; 152 x 130 mm, 65 x 45 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 a book of testimonies attributed to Peter the Iberian, written in Egypt.
Title and attribution are derived from Crum, 1913, p. 62, nn.8-9 from a book list on an ancient ostracon and antiphonary; also according to Crum ibid., the work was adapted by John of Maiuma. Edited and translated into English by Crum.
Script: Upright. 10 lines = ca. 96 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
Classification