Coptic fragments.
Accession number:
MS M.662
Title:
Coptic fragments.
Credit:
Purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) in 1920.
Description:
15 papyrus fragments in one Mylar sheet ; various dimensions; largest, 101 x 103 mm
Provenance:
Part of a lot purchased ca. 1920 from the Cairo dealer Maurice Nahman by Francis Willey Kelsey (1858-1927); brought to Rome by Kelsey in the beginning of 1920 and purchased by Henri Hyvernat on behalf of J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes:
Unidentified literary fragments from a manuscript written in Egypt.
Encapsulated in Mylar and stored in a box labeled "Coptic Papyrus Fragments, Box I, Literary."
Related fragments: MS M.662A.1, a-d.
Language:
Coptic, the Sahidic dialect
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