Prayer (P.Duk.inv. 660)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Prayer, [3--]
Uniform title: Bible. O.T. Psalms XXVI. Greek. Septuagint.
Subject: Literary papyri --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Liturgical manuscripts --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Prayers --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Other titles: Bible. O.T. Psalms XLI. Greek. Septuagint.
	Bible. N.T. Corinthians, 2nd. Greek. Selections.
Material: 1 item : papyrus codex leaf, mounted in glass, incomplete ; 16 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 15.4 x 10.5 cm.
	37 lines.
	Written along the fibers on the recto; written across
	the fibers on the verso.
	Lower margin of 0.5 cm. on the recto; lower margin
	of 1 cm. on the verso. Component parts of the text
	are divided by two diagonal strokes. Horizontal divider
	between lines 10 and 11.
	P.Duk.inv. 660 was formerly P.Duk.inv. MF75 1.
	Papyrus liturgical(?) prayer from Egypt. Written in
	cento-form. Composed mostly of quotations from Psalms,
	for example Psalms 26 and 41, from the Septuagint,
	the Greek Old Testament. Also composed of quotations
	from the New Testament, for example 2 Corinthians 6: 2.
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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