Accession number
Amh. Copt. Pap. 28
Object title
Amherst Coptic Papyrus 28.
Created
Egypt.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1914) in 1912.
Description
1 pane of glass containing 1 papyrus fragment ; 177 x 152 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 Life of St. Cyrus the Anchorite, attributed to Pambo (Saint Pambo); written and decorated in Egypt.
Text edited and translated into English by Crum.
Divisions: Long horizontal rule as divider in verso column a.
Script: Upright. 10 lines = ca. 92 mm
Superlineation and Punctuation: ? Tremas.
Collation: ? No remains of signatures, quire ornaments, monograms, headlines or catchwords.
Decoration: extended letter.
Text edited and translated into English by Crum.
Divisions: Long horizontal rule as divider in verso column a.
Script: Upright. 10 lines = ca. 92 mm
Superlineation and Punctuation: ? Tremas.
Collation: ? No remains of signatures, quire ornaments, monograms, headlines or catchwords.
Decoration: extended letter.
Language
Coptic, the Sahidic dialect
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