Accession number
Amh. Copt. Pap. 27
Object title
Amherst Coptic Papyrus 27.
Created
Egypt.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1914) in 1912.
Description
1 pane of glass containing 1 papyrus fragment ; 114 x 110 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 relating to St. Hōr; written in Egypt.
Text edited and translated into English by Crum.
Divisions: Ekthesis and slightly enlarged initial setting off paragraphs.
Script: Upright. 10 lines = ca. 101 mm
Superlineation and Punctuation: ? No remains of tremas.
Collation: ? No remains of signatures, quire ornaments, monograms, headlines or catchwords.
Text edited and translated into English by Crum.
Divisions: Ekthesis and slightly enlarged initial setting off paragraphs.
Script: Upright. 10 lines = ca. 101 mm
Superlineation and Punctuation: ? No remains of tremas.
Collation: ? No remains of signatures, quire ornaments, monograms, headlines or catchwords.
Language
Coptic, the Sahidic dialect
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