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Artefact ID	1438
TM ID	TM 61743
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	24 (Dišnā)
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Codex
Text content	Literary
Language	Greek
Archive/Dossier	Archive
Description	Gregory-Aland 𝔓75, P75, P.Bodmer 14, P.Bodmer 15, Van Haelst 406: Gospel of Luke 5:37–18:18, 22:4–24,53 and Gospel of John 1:1–13:10 The 51-folio codex (of originally c. 72 folios) is very well preserved (27 sheets being near intact), with only the beginning and end of the codex being lost, as well as a mid-part (Luke 18,19-22,3). There is no break between the two Gospels: Luke covers Fol. 1-44, John proceeds on Fol. 44-72. The codex features different text sections than P.Bodmer 2 (John 1:1-14:26, 14:29-21:9) to which it is similar, while P.Chester Beatty 1 (i.a. Luke 6-7, 9-14; John 4-5, 10-11) does not feature any subdivisions at all.
Selection criteria	Literary genre (Biblical), Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy, Nomina sacra
Date from	300
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Palaeography; long assumed to be a 3rd c. document, Nongbri 2016 places it into the 4th c. stating i.a. close affinities to the Codex Vaticanus.
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unclear provenance; reportedly found at Ǧabal Abū Mannāʿ near Dishna (Upper Egypt) in 1952 (part of the “Dishna Papers”, see Robinson 2011, Lundhaug 2018); acquired by Martin Bodmer in 1956 alongside P.Bodmer 2, 7 and 15; sold to Frank J. Hanna III through Christie’s in 2006, subsequently donated to the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana in November 2006.
Accession number	Rome, Vatican, Biblioteca del Vaticano, Hanna Papyrus 1, Mater Verbi

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Martin, Victor and Rodolphe Kasser. 1961. Papyrus Bodmer XIV: Evangile de Luc chap. 3–24. Papyrus Bodmer 14. Geneva: Bibliotheca Bodmeriana.
• Martin, Victor and Rodolphe Kasser. 1961. Papyrus Bodmer XV: Evangile de Jean chap. 1–15. Papyrus Bodmer 15. Geneva: Bibliotheca Bodmeriana.

Additional bibliography
• Aland, Kurt. 1976. Repertorium der griechischen christlichen Papyri: 1. Biblische Papyri: Altes Testament, Neues Testament, Varia, Apokryphen. Berlin/New York: De Gruyter. 309-311, Neues Testament (NT) 75.
• Aland, Kurt. 1976. “Neue Neutestamentliche Papyri III”. New Testament Studies (NTS) 22(4): 375-396; 375-381.
• Aland, Kurt. 1994. Kurzgefasste Liste der Griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments. Zweite, neubearbeitete und ergänzte Auflage. Berlin/New York: De Gruyter. 14, 𝔓75.
• Comfort, Philip Wesley. 2019. The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Papyri 75-139 and Uncials. Volume 2. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Academic. 11-115, 320-322, 450. No. 𝔓75.
• Fournet, Jean-Luc. 2015. “Anatomie d’une bibliothèque de l’Antiquité tardive: l’inventaire, le faciès et la provenance de la ‘Bibliothèque Bodmer’.” Adamantius. Journal of the Italian Research Group on “Origen and the Alexandrian Tradition” 21. 8-40: 8-24.
• Jaroš, Karl. 2006. Das Neue Testament nach den ältesten griechischen Handschriften (CD-Rom). Ruhpolding/Mainz: Franz Philipp Rutzen. 2199-3000, no. 2.2.
• Lakmann, Marie-Luise. 2007. “Papyrus Bodmer XIV-XV (𝔓⁷⁵). Neue Fragmente.” Museum Helveticum (MusHelv) 64: 22-41.
• Lundhaug, Hugo. 2018. “The Dishna Papers and the Nag Hammadi Codices: The Remains of a Single Monastic Library?” In The Nag Hammadi Codices and Late Antique Egypt, ed. by Hugo Lundhaug and Lance Jenott. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. 329-386.
• Nongbri, Brent. 2016. “Reconsidering the Place of Papyrus Bodmer XIV–XV (𝔓75) in the Textual Criticism of the New Testament." Journal of Biblical Literature 135(2): 405-437.
• Robinson, James M. 1990. “The Manuscript’s History And Codicology.” In The Crosby-Schøyen Codex MS 193 in the Schøyen Collection, ed. by James E. Goehring. Leuven: Peeters. XVII-XLVII.
• Robinson, James M. 2008. “Fragments from the Cartonnage of 𝔓⁷⁵.” Harvard Theological Review (HTR) 101: 231-252.
• Robinson, James M. 2011. The Story of the Bodmer Papyri: From the First Monastery's Library in Upper Egypt to Geneva and Dublin. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books.
• Royse, James R. 2008. Scribal habits in early Greek New Testament Papyri. Brill: Leiden: 615-704.
• van Haelst, Joseph. 1976. Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens. Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne. 147-148, No. 406.

Authors

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022

Suggested citation

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1438", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1438

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External links

TM 61743 / LDAB 2895 DCLP (PN) Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana (DigiVatLib) Wikipedia – Papyrus 75

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