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Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 46.6-11; 46.16-47.2
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Fragment from a folio from the Book of Ecclesiasticus (R964), written in Greek with ink on papyrus; made in Egypt in the fourth century AD. The text follows the Septuagint, or Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible. The manuscript currently comprises one complete folio (with pagination) and one lower half of a folio from a codex originally containing about 54 folios. These folios are part of eleven Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri which were acquired by Beatty in the early 1930s.
| Artist / Maker | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Culture / Origin | Hebrew manuscript, Ireland |
| Department | Hebrew manuscript |
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Image & data: Chester Beatty via Europeana · Licence: BY 4.0.
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