Hymn (P.Duk.inv. 766 R)


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Catalogue Record

Title: Hymn, [not before 500]
Subject: Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint --Annunciation.
	Liturgical manuscripts --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Hymns --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Literary papyri --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, two fragments which do not join,
	mounted in glass, incomplete.
Note: Dimensions of fragments are 14.5 x 25.5 cm. or smaller.
	14 lines.
	Written across the fibers on the recto in an elegant
	hand; written along the fibers on the verso in another hand.
	Lower margin of 2 cm.
	P.Duk.inv. 766 R was formerly P.Rob.inv. 29 R.
	Liturgical hymn (canon) from Egypt, written on papyrus.
	Written for Annunciation centering on the Virgin
	Mary. Verso has another hymn in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 766 V).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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Last updated by Peter van Minnen on 11/3/95