| Artefact ID | 1405 |
| TM ID | TM 61868 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 28 (al-Bahnasā) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
| Text content | Subliterary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | P.Oxy. II 209; Gregory-Aland P10; 𝔓10: School text Sheet of papyrus preserving a selection from the beginning of Paul's Epistle to the Romans (Rom 1:1-7, without title) at the top, written in a sloppy uncial script, and underneath a short excerpt in cursive writing. The style of handwriting, pagination, and format provide clues that this papyrus served as a writing exercise, especially to learn how to write nomina sacra. For the identification of this Greek NT papyrus as part of the archive of Leonides, son of Theon, that allows a glimpse into the life and social milieu of its owner: see Luijendijk 2010. The text runs along the fibres on the recto, and against the fibres on the verso (one short line). |
| Selection criteria | Nomina sacra, Biblical quote or paraphrase |
| Date from | 320 |
| Date to | 330 |
| Dating criteria | Part of Leonides archive, which ranges from 315 to 334; the text was probably written between 320-330 (Luijendijk 2010). |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | Tied up with a contract of 316, P.Oxy. I 103 according to Luijendijk 2010, and presumably found during Grenfell and Hunt first excavation season at Oxyrhynchus in 1896-1897. |
| Accession number | Cambridge (MA), Harvard University Library (Houghton Library) SM 2218 |
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