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Coptic codex

Codex Tchacos

c. 300 CE (radiocarbon c. 220-340) · date uncertain · Coptic (Sahidic) · papyrus

Codex Tchacos
WolfgangRieger. Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Where found

Middle Egypt (near Al Minya)

Found c. 1970s near Jebel Qarara; passed through the antiquities market; published 2006

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Where it is now

Coptic Museum, Cairo (returned after conservation)

Cairo, Egypt

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Found and held

The dark pin is the find-spot. The gold pin is the present holding. The dashed line connects them.

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Details

Gregory-Aland
Not recorded
Size
Not recorded
Contents
Letter of Peter to Philip, (First) Apocalypse of James, Gospel of Judas, a text of Allogenes, a Corpus Hermeticum fragment
Record status
unverified

Also known as TCHACOS, Gospel of Judas codex, Codex Tchacos.

The only known copy of the Gospel of Judas.

Sources

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None recorded.

All manuscripts

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