Writing exercise in the 'biblical majuscule' |
unknown |
The first part of the alphabet as a writing exercise of perhaps a monk, who was specializing
in the style of writing called biblical majuscule. |
F.A.J. Hoogendijk - P. van Minnen, Papyri, Ostraca, Parchments and Waxed Tablets in
the Leiden Papyrological Institute (P. L. Bat. 25) (Papyrologica Lugduno-Batava 25,
Leiden, 1991), p. 30-31 nr. 11 [= P. Leiden Inst. 11, also cited as P. L. Bat. 25
11] |
Right part: editio princeps A. Di Bitonto Kasser, Aegyptus 68 (1988), p. 167-168 with
plate. Then republished as M.R.M. Hasitzka - H. Harrauer, Neue Texte und Dokumentation
zum Koptisch-Unterricht (Wien, 1990), p. 31 = P. Rainer Unterricht Kopt. 6 = SB Kopt.
2 1254 = Right side = R. Cribiore, Writing, Teachers, and Students in Graeco-Roman
Egypt (Atlanta, 1996), p. 194, nr. 91. [
] |
Left fragment earlier published as E. Boswinkel - P.W. Pestman - P.J. Sijpesteijn,
Papyri Selectae (P. L. Bat. XIII) (P. Select., Leiden, 1965), p. 74-75 nr. 4 [= P.
Select. 25 4, also cited as P. L. Bat. 13 25 (4)] |
O. Leiden Pap. Inst. inv. 2 + O. Deir el-Gizaz inv. 41 |
O. Leiden Pap. Inst. inv. 2 , H. 10,9 x W. 8,9 cm + O. Deir el-Gizaz inv. 41, H. 12,5
x W. 11,2 x Th. 1,0 cm |
The Leiden fragment is complete at the left side, the other at the right side; in
the middle they can be partly joined. |
12 lines on convex side |
Concave side empty |
Deir el-Gizaz
|
Coptic |
2nd half VI / beginning VII CE |
Edited by: F.A.J. Hoogendijk |
Acquired by Van Groningen in 1939 in Egypt |
Writing exercise; Biblical majuscule; Monastery of Apa Samuel; School text; Ostracon |
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