Gospel of Matthew 1:1 (P.Duk.inv. 811 V)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Gospel of Matthew 1:1 [not before 500]
Uniform title: Bible. N.T. Matthew I, 1. Coptic (Sahidic).
Subject: Literary papyri --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, incomplete ; 13 x 3 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 13.0 x 2.4 cm.
	4 lines.
	Written across the fibers on the verso; written along
	the fibers on the recto in a different hand.
	Small left margin.
	P.Duk.inv. 811 V was formerly P.Duk.inv. C 4 V.
	Opening of the Gospel of Matthew written on papyrus
	from Egypt. Perhaps an amulet(?). Recto has a text
	in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 811 R).
	In Coptic.
	Descriptive database available in repository.
Publications: MacCoull, L.S.B. "Three Coptic Papyri
	in the Duke University Collection." Bulletin of the
	American Society of Papyrologists 20(1983): 137-138.

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