Papyrus Erlangen 2

Papyrus Erlangen 2 is a fragment of a papyrus sheet from the 6th or 7th century. It contains a liturgical text ( Theotokion ?) With quotations from Psalm 91.6  EU , Isaiah 53.7  EU and Ode 8 ( Daniel 3.57  EU ) in Greek .

The fragment is approximately 10 × 18 cm and 12 lines are incomplete on both sides. The orthography is irregular.

The fragment was acquired by the coptologist Carl Schmidt in Egypt and handed over to the Erlangen University Library in 1934 . The signature is Erl. P. Inv. 1.

text

• Wilhelm Schubart : The papyri of the University Library Erlangen. Otto Harrassowitz, Leipzig 1941, pp. 4–6, no. 2.

literature

• Alfred Rahlfs , Detlef Fraenkel: Directory of the Greek manuscripts of the Old Testament. Volume I, 1: The tradition up to the 8th century (= Septuagint. Vetus Testamentum Graecum. Supplementum ). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2003, p. 111 f. ( online ).