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Artefact ID1465
TM IDTM 61864
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialParchment
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageGreek
Description

P. Rainer 4 50, Gregory-Aland 0228, Van Haelst 542: Fragment of Epistles to the Hebrews 12,19–21; 12,23–25 
Small outer fragment (3,8 x 5,5 cm) of a single-column codex page. Of the original 16-18 lines per page and 18-19 letters per line, the recto contains the remains of 9 lines, the verso of 10 lines. Pages were ruled. Dark discoloration of the flesh side has made the verso near-illegible. Here, Porter/Porter 2008 reconstructed the text of the first three lines according to the Alexandrian tradition, a change from Sanz 1946. Potential nomina sacra could be reconstructed for θεος and ιησου on the damaged flesh side.

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Biblical)
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography; Porter/Porter 2008 notes a similarity in hand to P.Vindob. G 36112 + 39779 and G 39782. Comfort 2019 compares it to P.Oxy. 22 2334 and P.Oxy. 47 3330.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown provenance; assumed to be the Fayûm by Wessely.

Accession number

Vienna, Nationalbibliothek G 19888

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. 243-245, No. 57.

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. 83-84, No. 50.

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. 0228.
• Aland, Kurt. 1994. Kurzgefasste Liste der Griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments. Zweite, neubearbeitete und ergänzte Auflage. Berlin/New York: De Gruyter. 38, Majuskeln 0228.
• 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. 380. No. 0228.
• Schefzyk, Jürgen. 2006. Alles echt. Älteste Belege zur Bibel in Ägypten. Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern. 122, Kat.-Nr. 57. 
• van Haelst, Joseph. 1976. Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens. Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne. 191-192, No. 542.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1465", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1465
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