COPTIC MANUSCRIPTS EXAMINED BY BGW/JNH [Benjamin G. Wright iii and J. Noel Hubler]

[about 1985; well before 1999]

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: E 16245

DATE: UNKNOWN

CONTENTS: LEASE

MATERIAL: PAPYRUS/INK

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: ARABIC/COPTIC

NOTES: It is not clear whether the Arabic or Coptic is the lease. the term §lhl is used

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: E 16261 (+E 16528)

DATE: 9th?

CONTENTS: PSALTER

MATERIAL: PAPER/INK

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES: SEE notebook that RAK has on this manuscript for date and other info. RAK has short article on this in Stone edited volume.

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: E 16262

DATE:

CONTENTS: PS-ATHANASIAN HOMILY ON LAZARUS

MATERIAL: VELLUM/INK

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES: Janet Timbie was working on this. Has draft of article according to RAK's notes

in codex notebook. Ask her about date.

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: E 16276

DATE:

MATERIAL: PAPER/INK

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES: BOHAIRIC

TRANSCRIPTION:

                  ]etaieirimmwou[

                  ]Æeneknaiwpanou [

                       ]úana©iepemmou[

                  ]bo noumikaúema§w[

                  ]sa(Bohairic ©)ounm\paúht[

                  ]sew§eema§wnÆe[

                  ]nekmet§enúht[

                       ]osnnirwme[

                             ]Nniquri[

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: E 16281

DATE:

CONTENTS: ACCOUNT

MATERIAL: PAPYRUS/INK

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES: piece has what appears to be four names with numbers in opposite columns.

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: E 16287

DATE:

CONTENTS: 2 FRAGMENTS OF PSALMS (17.26b-29; 42b-45)

MATERIAL: LEATHER/INK

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES: SEE RAK's notebook. Computer identification 8/25/87.

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: E 16287(.2)

DATE:

CONTENTS: Ps. 28.2-4(?)

MATERIAL: LEATHER/INK

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES: SEE RAK's notebook. Computer identification 5/14/85.

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: E 16288(e)

DATE: UNKNOWN

CONTENTS: 2 Cor 6.11-12; 7.12

MATERIAL: PAPYRUS/INK

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES: Identified by JNH 8/6/90.

TRANSCRIPTION: 6.12 is not in Horner. See Thompson (also for John)

 

            6.11 [tentapro ouhn erwtn]

                 n\korinqio]s  penú[ht

                 ouo§s\: ]6.12Ntetn\úÆúwï[

                 an n\tet]n\  tetn\úÆï[úwÆ

                 de ú]nN[et]nmnt[§anú\thÄ:

 

            7.12 [                        ara]

                  e§Æe ai+sú]ai nhtn[n\tai+

                      súai+ an]etbepentaÄ

                  n\©ons\:     ]outeetbepen[tau

                      ÆitÄ\ a]nn\©onsaLL[aÆe

                    eretet]n\spOUD[houwnú\     

                 

ACCESSION NUMBER: E 16290

DATE: UNKNOWN

CONTENTS: PRAYER, DEVOTIONAL, HOMILY??

MATERIAL: PAPER/INK

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES: BGW/JNH transcription 6/26/90, cf. RAK's notebook

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: E 16291

DATE:

CONTENTS: CHRISTIAN DOCUMENT WITH THE WORDS "JESUS," "BAPTIST," "THEOPHILUS"

MATERIAL: PAPER/INK

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES: This piece is in Box C File 9

TRANSCRIPTION:

Side 1            ]ENZwTnim:ntau[

                  ---:::--------:::all/---

                   súimentaknauero[s

                    ]Tensths;taitetpa(e?)resa[

                    ]ompnouteúnoume;pr[

                    ]mmoÄpei\s\;pooúêì(ú?)[

                    ]anesouerute;pebaptis[t?

                    ]taPnoutethnoouÄepkos[

                  aÄbaptizenrwmeniM[

                  etetriasetouaab;aÄ[

                  onnim;eúouN[      ]N[

 

Side 2                          ]WúmpÆw[wme

                    ]s;anokqeofilos;[

                    ]hsturion;ainaue[

                    ]úiÆnouqronoseneo[

                   ]Hmmain úe;úapeqÄ

                   ]thr---all/

                  ]únnou©eúiseanok;men[

                  ]mnsalwmh;eiúloolemp[te

                  ]tAIeúraiepkaúekame%m[

                        ]ouwúnoupolis;mpeÄ

                          ]nNero;aÄoue§piÆa

                            ]îúraieúut M  E[

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: E 16292

DATE: 9th-10th CE

CONTENTS: GOSPEL OF JOHN

MATERIAL: PAPYRUS/INK

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES: SEE B. G. Wright and J. N. Hubler, "A Coptic Manuscript of the Gospel of John at

the University of Pennsylvania Museum," Paper delivered to ASP Conference.

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: E 16310

DATE: 10-11th (close to Pergamen fol 35v - cf. Craemer; BGW/JNH date)

CONTENTS: HOMILY? QUIRE FROM MS

MATERIAL: VELLUM/INK

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES: RAK's notes have SHENOUTE. Is this correct?

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: E 16318

DATE: UNKNOWN

MATERIAL: PAPER/INK

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES: Side 2 written upside-down from side 1.

TRANSCRIPTION:          TeÄtaaÄ

                        ħhreta

                    taaÄnaÄauwe

                    §wpemekúe;

                    aaúhleauw§a(Ä)

                    Æiúipanobeauw

                    na§hremareÄ

                    aaħomtesop

                    pa§ooso§wpa

                   wneauwephP

                   taTITIwebol

 

                    etotìeneT

                    oreroktimEp

                    aÆoeisenaR

                    Æentapirw

                    ouw§taouoiEB

                    úi§monau©oT

                    aÄsateúounïoI

                    nepsaMqeeÄta

                   lepeimaÄÆioua§

                   peÄúiÆwpekson

                        mouloipon

                         pe§akÆip(a)

                          Ek§aÆeúi

                           Æww§úite

                           UlauteÄ

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: E 16394

DATE:

CONTENTS:

MATERIAL: VELLUM/INK

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES: 3 fragments of book hands

TRANSCRIPTION:

Fragment 1 (Side 1)                 ]ulos

                        ]sslúi[

                        ]etúM(N)

                        ]hmi

                        ]Twse

                        ]oueÆn\

                        ]orp\m\                 M[

                        ]mmwn             en[

                        ]orp\                   P[

                        ]llas             Än[

                        ]Lai+eau                et[

                        ]peÄ©iÆ                 E(Q?)[

                        ]nouthu

                        ]wÄnaPa

                      ]empsa§Ä\nia                    ]kRompe

 

(Side 2)                                          ]únM(P?)N(H?)[

                                                SeqnO[

                                                o]uúeú[

                                                  ]Mm\p[

                                                netu[

                                                tei+ou[

                                    ]A          úouEK[

                                    ]N          oun\S[

                                    ]M\         E[   ]Na

                                    ]êO         fraN[

                                    ]WT         ni+ou[

                                    ]           efR[

                                    ]N          ei+ou[

                                    ]u          MAq[  ]a[

                        OOS[  ]M[    ]e         auwsenaúe

 

Fragment 2        Side 1              ]ne[            Side 2           ]oua[

                           ]woum\p[           ]eakw[

                         ]wkún\naúa[              ]nek§hre]

                    ]¦e¦[  ] Wma[                   ]oOsÆede¦w¦[

                        ]ntoL(a?)n[             ]sen\ou[

 

Fragment 3        Side 1        ]tos[           Side 2           ]o[

                        ]ouúh[                        ]tma[

                        ]lAos[                     ]W[     ]H[

                         ]ún[                       ]aier[

                        ]na§(W?)[                     ]wn[

                         ]An\[                            ]hde[

 

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: E 16451

DATE:

CONTENTS: LETTER?

MATERIAL: PAPYRUS/INK

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES: This piece has two small fragments with it

TRANSCRIPTION:

Side 1                ]qhmennúwbnim[   ]iwtip[

                    ]ritmaaDEmn\[

                  ]Auìinhtn\tonoun:n\no©D[6-7 letts., cf. Frag A]NTA[

                  ]XaristiAaÄmerepÆoei[s 4-5 letts.]Unhtn\n=M[

                  ] parakalhÆitep\naTa[    ]ut[3 lett.]Ntreue[

                   ]ePeDe[  ]Re   k  PnSWN[5 letts] nh§E : T

                  ]PE Æi petn\beke[6-7 letts.]ïnn=tO[

                        ]nnoîÆwWME[6-7 letts.]úma

                  [pÆ]oeisnamerateneiote[  ]e[  ]m

 

Side 2            [                                   ]

                  [                                   ]

                  ]åpaM[cf. Frag A]hsPE[2-3 letts.]Túitn\e[

                  ]ïEE[       ]ï[

 

Fragment A Side 1  EnsAE[

                  Side 2  ]erOTN[

 

Fragment B        dE

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: E 16355

DATE: UNKNOWN

CONTENTS: PRAYER?

MATERIAL: PAPYRUS/INK

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES: Side 2 upside-down from side 1

TRANSCRIPTION:                úensanm\n\tnoU

                          pÆoeisepa[    ]En

                          rou:       na

                          Leimpran

                        o]uaabmpÆoeistaIP

                          Æoeisanokpekú[mú]a[l]

                        KPekúm\úAL

 

                        tnak N mauq[     ]sianomou

                        mpÆoeisúnn[    ]mphi

                        pebolmplA[      ]rÄúitou

                        [                             ]

                          A[ ]e

                        balnnSW(m)

                           AIntePbalno

                                    qeeren

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: E 16365

DATE:

CONTENTS: PART OF A LETTER W/SEAL

MATERIAL: PAPYRUS/INK/MUD

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES: mostly unreadable

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: E 16368

DATE:

CONTENTS: 2 FRAGMENTS OF A LETTER W/SEAL

MATERIAL: PAPYRUS/INK/MUD

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES:

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: E 16375

DATE: UNKNOWN

CONTENTS: PRIVATE LETTER?

MATERIAL: PAPYRUS/INK

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES: First line reads "If you wish..."

TRANSCRIPTION:

 

e§wpekouw§

Ape[   ]NpouENoÄ

P[w?  ]AP[    

                 ì

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: E 16385

DATE: UNKNOWN

MATERIAL: PAPER/INK

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES: part of a quire

TRANSCRIPTION:         

                  ]ameÄ                         epen[

                   ]assetn\                           Eurpe[

                  ]asetna                             ---::::---

                  ]n\sena                             eun\n[

                  ]oT[ ]AN                            ya[

                        W                             a[

                  [          ]                              ú

                  [          ]                              únt

                  [          ]                              neM

                        N                             ©oole

                        E                             NauW

                                                       ta§E

                                                       nter

                                                       maa

                                                       ---::::---

                                                       pkat

                                                       mPT

 

 

            ]aÄbwk                                    asaúeÆ[

            ]æNe                                      ÆwW[

            ]epesran                                  Æepï[

             ]opÄ                               roous§[

            [           ]                                   N\ta

            [           ]                                   [           ]

            [           ]                                   [           ]

               ]a                                     [           ]

            ]moos                               [           ]

            ]uerhte                                   [           ]

            ]wtm                                a[         

            ]Æe

            ]esP(t)E

            ]o©n

           

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: E 16386

DATE: UNKNOWN

MATERIAL: VELLUM/INK

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES: 2 fragments; uses red and black ink with red punctuation; two large

ornamental letters

TRANSCRIPTION:

FRAGMENT A; SIDE 1            aiH

                       meritn§hr[e

                       Äp\n\a\mparakT[3 lett]ON

                       ntaÄÆoÄnneÄmaqh[ths

                      ïepetpisteueeroiÆe

                     K úmpaiwtauwpa

                     Núht[       ]eispmeú

                        rhtwn;aitamok

                           §ÆEEÄouw§

 

SIDE 2                  uoeInM

                    x\s\:paieterouO

               erWmenimetnhî

           a   mos:mnpÄke§aú

              etepeÄp\n\a\etuA[ab

            k  ataqeetshúÆeoU

                kwút\namouúún

                leth;  ara[

                twN[   ]SnN

 

FRAGMENT B                                             

                     ioten[                           ]sÆeún

                    ano[                              ]PÆoeis.

                  d  auE[id                            ]:aÄeiî

                     ÆE[                                    ]ou:

                      ne[                                   ]Æe

                 i\d\   a[                                    ]wi§a

                  a rap[                                ]ntai

                     mwU[                           ]mpilaos

                     §ansE[                           ]Oou:

                     úeqnos:[                e]ZekihlÆe

                  h saiasÆwk[                ]Olúarooun=

                     ngn=oUÆn[                     ]bolîm=pÆaie:

                     apÆoeiss[                     ]sÆeaUw§eú

                   i+ [e]reMIAS[                   ]îMPERKA

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: E 16387

DATE: UNKNOWN

MATERIAL: PAPER/INK

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES: 3 fragments; fragment 1 may be Greek; 3 different hands

TRANSCRIPTION:   

      Fragment 1:       l

                     sa                   ou

                  >>>>>>>                 Mthr

                     ka                   ta

                  >>>>>>>                  min

                  agiose                   iou;

                    basI                  at

 

      Fragment 2  rNallW(x)[elongated mark]

                  xwMa

                  xwralúA(l)

                  úai

 

      Fragment 3      f\ \               g

                    prh                     n

               eno:piW(so)                  Mh[ ]n

                  h\e\[  ]e\ kArp           bi:Æe

              ueina                       Mfmouan

                 n\tep                          nobi

               naRh                             npr

                                                teÄd

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: E 16388

DATE: UNKNOWN

MATERIAL: PAPER/INK

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES: Hymn in Praise of St. Stephen

TRANSCRIPTION:

 

            xerepmartHR[os]   epp

            arqenosetouaAB:púagios

            stefanos:pentaÄeranaÄ

            epnoutentpe:xerepent

            aÄ :mpeÄswmanqhsiani\s\

            aÄÆipeklomeneoou:únt

            mhtppompens\h\r\%

            -------::::---pld----  ----:::----

            ourwmeenanouÄpestefan

            os:ereouxarisúitpeÄúo:ereo

            uecousiaúipeÄlas:eÄmeúeb

            olúnousofia:anapostolos

            swtpemoÄ:auaaÄenarxhdi

            akonos:aÄr§oreponúine

            marthros:aÄÆipeklomni\s\

            meretonn[o]©úineprof

 

(Different Hand) Kaú:Æaumoun©i

                 Net§inenswÄ=

 

 

(Written Sideways) púoseheÄeúiph\i\

                     k\e\nait

 

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: E 16399

DATE: UNKNOWN

MATERIAL: PAPYRUS/INK

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES: Saints' Life of some sort. Mention of sister (of?) Hor. (Transcribed in separate file)

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: E 16447

DATE:

CONTENTS: LETTER?

MATERIAL: PAPYRUS/INK

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES:

TRANSCRIPTION:

            ]Anok§enoutep§E(o?)npmaka[

            ]OsklhstofoR[     ]prwme§M[

            ]KeisúainapakIRep§EN[

            ]MakariosbIKT[   ]p[        ]e[

            mounonÆ[     ]Æ[

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: E 16459

DATE: 8th CE

CONTENTS: PRIVATE LETTER

MATERIAL: PAPYRUS/INK

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: ARABIC/COPTIC

NOTES: SEE Leslie S. B. MacCoull, "A Coptic Letter in the University Museum,

Philadelphia," BASP 13 (1976) 15-16.

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: E 16598

DATE: UNKNOWN

MATERIAL: PAPYRUS/INK

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES: RAK tentatively identified one of the fragments (j) as Ps. 79.1

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: E 16636

DATE: UNKNOWN

MATERIAL: PAPER/INK

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES: Part of large Psalter?

TRANSCRIPTION:

                  "

                   -----

                 " l "

                 

                    p\o\s\Æ[                ]auÆ

                    SPACE[                erokp\o\s\

                    p\o\s\úhn             roi+n

                    N[  ]met              swIúe

                    ou[                 l[  ]uede

                    tw§             NoM[  ]s

                    SPACE                

                    sa (in red)           np\o\s\a

                    apa             OlH

                                           me

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: E16690

DATE: 4th-5th CE

CONTENTS: ACTS 27.4-13a (PETIT FORMAT CODEX)

MATERIAL: VELLUM/INK

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

NOTES: SEE Robert A. Kraft, "A Sahidic Parchment Fragment of Acts 27:4-13 at the

University Museum, Pennsylvania," JBL 94(1975) 256-265.

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: Box C File 15

DATE:

CONTENTS: PARAPHRASE OF THE SHEMA IN LARGER WORK

MATERIAL: Papyrus

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES: This citation does not correspond with any Greek or Hebrew text.

TRANSCRIPTION and image:

                  ]úwb nim[   ]Neapemerit[

                  ]úht thrÄ\ Myuxh thrs au[

                  ]ai+nouteETABA[  ]AT[

     {additional lines joined and imaged by RAK 11no2009}

]SURANARIT[

].MNNAGAPH[

]NPARAKLISIS.[

]PARAKALLE.[

].TNBOOYNh.[

]NTENMOfE.[

].OUjAI+hN.[

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: Box C File 28

DATE:

CONTENTS:

MATERIAL: VARIOUS

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES: 5 fragments from the same document?

TRANSCRIPTION:

Fragment 1        e§[        ]Stase

                    ko/ ko/ m\n\apa§enoute

                    pqeofilestat=n=pr(b)"

                     ]d[  ]t[   ]dE e[  ]TE[    ]uo

                                                ]ÆE

 

Fragment 2        aabapakollouq

                  stasenEUlab(t)b

                      pensonapaS

 

Fragment 3        on(t)m\peR

                          POLEK(T)

 

Fragment 4        Nouwt

                  [        ]

                  [m\]pekl

                        Le

 

Fragment 5        anplhoy

                  M\[

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: Box C File 34

DATE:

CONTENTS: LETTER

MATERIAL: PAPYRUS/INK

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES: Large piece with two small fragments

TRANSCRIPTION:

RECTO       ]N\tmai+nouten\sonÆeapeidh[ (e written over last a)

                  ]PakWnstantinospepisk/o sîai+[

                     ]ont\Etb[e]úenúbhuen\ekklhsia[

                                ]M§Äiel[    ]sann\tn\[

                                ]TsoP(n?)[6 letts.]TaphngÆ[

                                ]nouten\[7-8 letts.?]í[  ]RmAn[

                                         ]§wpeïepúwnbnA[

                                         ]w\n\t[    ]inen\[

                                         ]n\úWB[ni]mauw A[

                                     ]ouÆai+úm\pÆoeis  

 

VERSO       pen\conetouaabX\S\apape[  ]RwnIS(is=k?)

 

Fragment A        RECTO  ]oreÄoi[

                  VERSO ]únteI[

 

Fragment B                  ]úitn\[

 

ACCESSION NUMBER: Box C File 39

DATE:

CONTENTS: PRIVATE LETTER

MATERIAL: PAPYRUS/INK

PROVENIENCE: EGYPT

LANGUAGE: COPTIC

NOTES: seems to be about building a church. Neat hand slanting to the right;

top, right, and lower margins represented [RAK transcription]

line 1 ] . . . AIETRAsINENSAOUE /
line 2 (main side ||) EKKLHSIA hMPT...ARISTAGAPH /

line 3 ]fMMAf NfTSABOfEfRPU GE PRESB- MfsINE NSAPAYLE /

line 4 ]OUNAI EsWPEDEAE hAh THKjOOU PAYLOS NAI jETEXRIALE

line 5 (in lower margin) +OUBAI or +OUjAI (dotted)

other side -- one line

+ TA[?]S NAPA PIOR...[

 

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