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Binding fragments from the Apocalypse of Elijah (Elias)
Two large leather and papyrus fragments from a binding made in Egypt in the fourth or fifth century. Text written in decorative borders on the papyrus pastedown may have contained the title of the book or other information related to its contents.
When A. F. Shore (1924–1994) wrote a summary of the Apocalypse of Elijah (CBL Cpt 2018) papyrus pages in 1958, he recorded ten leaves written in Sahidi…
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Type of item
- papyri (manuscripts)
- Papyrus
Type of item
- papyri (manuscripts)
- Papyrus
Providing institution
- Chester Beatty Library
Aggregator
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- Chester Beatty Library
Places
- Egypt
- Egypt
Identifier
- Pap 1991.58
- 6770
Extent
- 322 mm x 213 mm (height x width)
Language
- Coptic
- cop
Is part of
- Papyrus collection
Providing country
- Ireland
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2024-04-12T17:35:04.044Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2024-04-23T10:14:21.451Z