Schøyen MS 2634/1

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Schøyen MS 2634/1 is a fragment of a papyrus codex from the 3rd or 4th century. It contains a few words from the pseudepigraphic acts of Paul and Thekla in Greek . The fragment is about 4 cm × 4 cm and inscribed with uncials . It is the oldest of three surviving fragments of the original Greek text.

It was probably used as a reinforcement in a code in the 4th century. In 1969 the Viennese restorer Anton Fackelmann bought it for his collection (Inv. No. 3). In 1998 his son Anton Fackelmann jr. auction. The Schøyen Collection in Oslo acquired it and added it to their holdings under the signature MS 2634/1.

Edition

  • Michael Gronewald: Some Fackelmann papyri. In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik , Volume 28, 1978, pp. 274-276 ( pdf ).
  • Gianfranco Agosti: 21st Acta Pauli et Theclae 10-11; 13 (MS 2634/1) . In: Rosario Pintaudi (ed.): Papyri Graecae Schøyen (PSchøyen I) (= Manuscripts in The Schøyen Collection V: Greek papyri I / Papyrologica Florentina Volume 35). Edizioni Gonelli, Florence 2005, ISBN 88-7468-026-0 , pp. 69-71, panel XV ( online ).

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