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Artefact ID1464
TM IDTM 61865
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialParchment
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageGreek
Description

P. Rainer 4 43, Gregory-Aland 0221, Van Haelst 496: Fragment of Epistle to the Romans 5,16–6,4 
The vertical strip of parchment (2,5 x 16 cm) belonged to a page of a 2-column codex, intact page size ca. 16 x 18 cm (Sanz 1946) or 16,8 x 26 cm (Porter/Porter 2008). Of the original 20 lines per column at roughly 10 letters per line, the recto contains the remains of 18 and 8 lines, the verso of 10 and 17 lines. Parts of the text are highly irregular, strongly diverging from transmitted tradition in Romans 5,17 (οι την [περισσ]ειαν [της δικα]ιοσυ[νης και] της [δωρεας κ]αι [της χαριτ]ος [λαμβανον]τες instead of οι την περισσειαν της χαριτος και της δωρεας της δικαιοσυνης λαμβανοντες) and altering word positions in Romans 6,2–3 (πω[ς ζησο]μεν ε[ν αυτη] ετι instead of πως ετι ζησομεν). Nomina sacra with supralinear stroke (κυ).

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

Palaeography; regular uncial hand. the ed.pr. dates it younger than Codex Vaticanus, but older than Codex Sinaiticus and dates it to the end of the 4th c.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown provenance. Van Haelst 114, 204, 225, 258, 394, 450, 496, 512, 513 und 1161 were stored with G 19890 and G 19891; the handwritten inventory by Wessely claims these inventory numbers were part of the 1891 purchases, which would indicate Soknopaiou Nesos as place of origin, however Harrauer/Worp 1993 rule this out and presume the year noted is an error. Comfort 2019 compares it with P.Oxy. 22 2334 and P.Oxy. 47 3330 to indicate a dating to the middle of the 4th c.

Accession number

Vienna, Nationalbibliothek G 19890

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference edition
• Porter, Stanley E. and Wendy J. Porter. 2008. New Testament Greek Papyri and Parchments. XXIX: New Editions: Text. Mitteilungen aus der Papyrussammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek (Papyrus Erzherzog Rainer) (MPER), Neue Serie (N.S.) 29. Berlin/New York: De Gruyter. 205-209, No. 48.

Editio princeps
• Sanz, Peter. 1946. Griechische Literarische Papyri Christlichen Inhalts I (Biblica, Väterschriften und Verwandtes). Mitteilungen aus der Papyrussammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek (Papyrus Erzherzog Rainer) (MPER), Neue Serie (N.S.) 4. Baden bei Wien: Rudolf M. Rohrer. 70-71, No. 43.

Additional bibliography
• 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. 125, No. 0221.
• Aland, Kurt. 1994. Kurzgefasste Liste der Griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments. Zweite, neubearbeitete und ergänzte Auflage. Berlin/New York: De Gruyter. 37, Majuskeln 0221.
• Cavallo, Guglielmo. 1967. Ricerche sulla maiuscola biblica. Firenze: Le Monnier. 71. Plate 49a.
• 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. 379-380. No. 0221.
• Harrauer, Hermann and Klaas A. Worp. 1993. “Literarische Papyri aus Soknopaiu Nesos. Eine Übersicht.” Tyche. Beiträge zur Alten Geschichte, Papyrologie und Epigraphik 8. 35-40: 38-39.
• van Haelst, Joseph. 1976. Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens. Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne. 178, No. 496.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1464", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1464
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