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Artefact ID1439
TM IDTM 61911
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageGreek
Description

Gregory-Aland 𝔓81, P81, van Haelst 550: Epistle 1 of Peter
Fragmented page from a larger codex (originally ca. 31 x 17,5 cm, fragment sized 22 x 12,5 cm), calligraphic uncial writing in reddish brown ink on both sides. The verso contains parts of 1 Peter 2,20-3,1, the recto parts of 1 Peter 3,4-12. 28 lines per page are still visible, a full page presumably contained 37 lines. Nomina sacra with supralinear stroke (θω, [θ]ν, [Χ]ς).

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Biblical), Nomina sacra
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography; usually dated to the 4th c. as per the ed.pr., stating similarities to P. Chester Beatty IV; Jaroš 2006 dates it to the 2nd half of the 3rd c. referring to P. Ryl. 2 236.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown provenance; no acquisition information.

Accession number

Trieste, Private collection Daris P. 20

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Daris, Sergio. 1967. Un nuovo frammento della prima lettera di Pietro (1 Petr 2, 20-3, 12), Papyrologica Castroctaviana (Pap. Castr. 2). Barcelona: Papyrologica Castroctaviana. 11-37: 20–22.

Additional bibliography
• Aland, Kurt. 1976. Repertorium der griechischen christlichen Papyri: 1. Biblische Papyri: Altes Testament, Neues Testament, Varia, Apokryphen. Berlin/New York: De Gruyter. 317, Neues Testament (NT) 81.
• Aland, Kurt. 1969. “II. Fortsetzung der ‘Kurzgefassten Liste’.” In Materialien zur Neutestamentlichen Handschriftenkunde I. Berlin: De Gruyter. 22-37: 22, 𝔓81.
• Aland, Kurt. 1994. Kurzgefasste Liste der Griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments. Zweite, neubearbeitete und ergänzte Auflage. Berlin/New York: De Gruyter. 14, 𝔓81.
• Aland, Kurt and Barbara Aland. 1981/1989. The Text of the New Testament. An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism, transl. by Erroll F. Rhodes. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans. 101.
• 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. 121-122, 372, 454. No. 𝔓81.
• Jaroš, Karl. 2006. Das Neue Testament nach den ältesten griechischen Handschriften (CD-Rom). Ruhpolding/Mainz: Franz Philipp Rutzen. 4434-4448, no. 2.55.
• Junack, Klaus and Winfried Grunewald. 1986. Das Neue Testament auf Papyrus. I. Die Katholischen Briefe. Berlin/New York: De Gruyter. 30-31, 80-87.
• Montevecchi, Orsolina. 1988. La Papirologia. Ristampa riveduta e corretta con Addenda. Milano: Vita e Pensiero. 320, No. P81.
• O’Callaghan, José. 1971. “Sobre la localización de P81.” Studia Papyrologica: Revista Española de Papirologia 10(2), 127.
• Treu, Kurt. 1969. “Christliche Papyri 1940-1967.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung 19. 169-206: 186.
• Turner, Eric G. 1977. The Typology of the Early Codex. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 17, 150. P 81.
• van Haelst, Joseph. 1976. Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens. Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne. 194, No. 550.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1439", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1439
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