Library Number:

ML.MS.03

folios/fragments:

1

Language:

Sahidic

Material:

Papyrus

Format:

Fragment of a codex folio.

Dimensions:

94x85 mm. It is kept between two Plexiglas plates measuring 12.5 cm square.

Arrangement:

Single column, with 5 lines on the →side and 4 on the ↑ side

Script:

Upright

Page Numbering:

Unknown

Illuminations:

None

Marginalia:

None

Colophons:

Unknown

Binding:

Unknown

Contents:

Liturgical, unidentified text. There are two small lines on that first side, indicating a stanza marking. This and some of the wording that can be figured out on the front and back points to a text of a liturgical function.

Dating:

5th Century per dealer

Scribe:

Unknown

Owner

Unknown

Provenance:

Unknown

History:

This was acquired in September 2005 from the antiquity dealer Ferrini of Akron Ohio. This is the same dealer that was named in the story of the discovery of the Gospel of Judas. He was the one that almost bought it before he was forced to return it due to the bad publicity he received in the antiquities circles, designed to snatch this prize from him.

Related Fragments

Unknown