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Artefact ID	1531
TM ID	TM 61627
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	24 (Dišnā)
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Codex
Text content	Literary
Language	Greek
Archive/Dossier	Archive
Description	Gregory-Aland 𝔓66, P.Bodmer 2, P. Köln Gr. 5 214, van Haelst 406: Gospel of John The codex is made up of 75 very well-preserved folios (originally a 78-folio codex), of which the first part is still a complete book block (John 1:1-14:26), single folios (parts of John 14:29-21:9), as well as many unplaced fragments. Originally sized 14,2 x 16,2 cm, with 15–25 lines per page. Identified fragments outside Geneva include one in Cologne (John 19, 8-11; 13-15; 18-20; 23-24) and one at the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin (John 19:25-28; 19.30-32). Similarities are noted to P.Bodmer 14 (i.a. John 1:1–13:10).
Selection criteria	Literary genre (Biblical), Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy, Nomina sacra
Date from	200
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Palaeography; attributed to the 3rd c. by the ed.pr., citing similarities to P.Oxy. 8 1074; Nongbri 2014 offers the 4th c. as an alternative, i.a. pointing to similarities with P.Bodmer 20.
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” alongside several other Bodmer Papyri), possibly the location of a Pachomian monastery, see Robinson 2011, Lundhaug 2018.
Accession number	Geneva, Fondation Bodmer 2 + Cologne, Papyrussammlung P. 4274, P. 4298 + Chester Beatty Library, 2555 (Object no. BP XIX)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Martin, Victor. 1956. Papyrus Bodmer II: Evangile de Jean chap. 1-14. Geneva: Bibliotheca Bodmeriana.
• Martin, Victor and John W. B. Barns. 1962. Papyrus Bodmer II. Supplément: Evangile de Jean chap. 14-21. Geneva: Bibliotheca Bodmeriana.
• Gronewald, Michael, Klaus Maresch and Wolfgang Schäfer. 1985. Kölner Papyri V. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag. 73-76, No. 214.

Additional bibliography
• Aland, Kurt. 1974. “Neue Neutestamentliche Papyri III. Walther Eltester zum 75. Geburtstag.” New Testament Studies (NTS) 20(4): 357-381.
• Aland, Kurt. 1976. Repertorium der griechischen christlichen Papyri: 1. Biblische Papyri: Altes Testament, Neues Testament, Varia, Apokryphen. Berlin/New York: De Gruyter. 296-298, Neues Testament (NT) 66.
• Aland, Kurt. 1994. Kurzgefasste Liste der Griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments. Zweite, neubearbeitete und ergänzte Auflage. Berlin/New York: De Gruyter. 12, 𝔓66.
• Bauer, Johannes B. 1968. “Zur Datierung des Papyrus Bodmer II (P 66).” Biblische Zeitschrift 12(1): 121-122.
• Carlig, Nathan, Guillaume Lescuyer, Aurore Motte and Nathalie Sojic. 2020. Signes dans les textes. Continuités et ruptures des pratiques scribales en Egypte pharaonique, gréco-romaine et byzantine. Actes du colloque international de Liège (2-4 juin 2016). Liège: Presses Universitaires de Liège. 274.
• Cavallo, Guglielmo. 2005. Il Calamo e il Papiro. La Scrittura Greca dall’Età Ellenistica ai Primi Secoli di Bisanzio. Papyrologica Florentina (Pap. Flor.) 36. Firenze: Edizioni Gonnelli. 185-186.
• Comfort, Philip W. 1999. “New Reconstructions and Identifications of New Testament Papyri.” Novum Testamentum (NovT) 41. 214-230: 224-230.
• Comfort, Philip Wesley and David P. Barrett. 2019. The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Papyri 1-72. Volume 1. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Academic. 353-437. No. 𝔓66.
• 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. 316-320, 442. No. 𝔓66.
• Fee, Gordon D. and Eldon Jay Epp. 2021. Bodmer Papyri, Scribal Culture and Textual Transmission. Collected Works on New Testament Textual Criticism. Leiden/Boston: Brill. 6-163.
• 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.
• Head, Peter M. 2005. “P. Bodmer II (P66): Three Fragments Identified.” Novum Testamentum (NovT) 47: 105-108.
• Head, Peter M., Dale M. Wheeler & Wieland Willker. 2008. “P. Bodmer II (P66): Three Fragments Identified: A Correction.” Novum Testamentum (NovT) 50(1): 78-80.
• Head, Peter M. 2008. ”Scribal Behavior and Theological Tendencies in Singular Readings in P. Bodmer II (𝔓66).” In Textual Variation: Theological and Social Tendencies? Papers from the Fifth Birmingham Colloquium on the Textual Criticism of the New Testament, ed. by Hugh A. G. Houghton and David C. Parker. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press. 55-74
• Hunger, Herbert. 1961. "Zur Datierung des Papyrus Bodmer II (P66)." Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften philosophisch-historische Klasse 97: 12-23.
• Jaroš, Karl. 2006. Das Neue Testament nach den ältesten griechischen Handschriften (CD-Rom). Ruhpolding/Mainz: Franz Philipp Rutzen. 280-1076, no. 1.7.
• 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. 2014. “The Limits of Palaeographic Dating of Literary Papyri: Some Observations on the Date and Provenance of P.Bodmer II (P66).” Museum Helveticum (MusHelv) 71: 1-35.
• Nongbri, Brent and Daniel B. Sharp. 2018. “The Unplaced Fragments of P.Bodmer II (P66).” Novum Testamentum (NovT) 60: 201-212.
• 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. 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. New Testament Tools, Studies and Documents (NTTS) 36, Leiden/Boston: Brill. 399-544.
• Treu, Kurt. 1988. “Christliche Papyri XIII.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung (AfP) 34. 69-78: 71, Neues Testament No. 426 (2).
• van Haelst, Joseph. 1976. Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens. Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne. 425, No. 426.
• Zimmermann, Heinrich. 1958. “Papyrus Bodmer II und seine Bedeutung für die Textgeschichte des Johannes Evangeliums.” Biblische Zeitschrift 12(1): 214–243.
• Zumstein, Jean. 2008. L'évangile selon Saint Jean. Collection Sources. Fondation Martin Bodmer. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.
• Zumstein, Jean. 2011. “Quand l’Exégète Rencontre le Manuscrit: Le P66.” In Reading New Testament Papyri in Context. Lire Les Papyrus du Nouveau Testament Dans Leur Contexte, ed. by Claire Clivaz and Jean Zumstein. Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium (Bibl. Ephem. Theol. Lovan.) 242. 221-239.

Authors

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022

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Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1531", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1531

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TM 61627 / LDAB 2777 DCLP (PN) Bodmer Lab Kölner Papyri Chester Beatty Library Wikipedia – Papyrus 66

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