Binding fragments from the Apocalypse of Elijah (Elias)

Two large leather and papyrus fragments from a binding made in Egypt in the fourth or fifth century. Text written in decorative borders on the papyrus pastedown may have contained the title of the book or other information related to its contents.

When A. F. Shore (1924–1994) wrote a summary of the Apocalypse of Elijah (CBL Cpt 2018) papyrus pages in 1958, he recorded ten leaves written in Sahidi…