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Artefact ID	1545
TM ID	TM 64491
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	28 (al-Bahnasā)
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Literary
Language	Greek
Description	P.Oxy. LX 4010: Introductory prayer and Pater Noster The fragment (11.5 x 15 cm) is the bottom left corner of a papyrus sheet, with a generous 3 cm margin from the left and bottom edge. The complete sheet probably contained a single column of 20 lines, with 29–32 letters per line. Cadwallader 1996 notes that this fragment was perhaps not just a single sheet, but possibly part of a larger scroll, pointing out what he thinks may be traces of a letter α at the left border. What remains of the introductory prayer is reminiscent of Psalms 50:3 and 2 Corinthians 1:3, before the Matthew 6:9–13 version of the Lord’s Prayer, rather than Luke 11:1-4, begins in line 11. Lime 13 omits γενηθήτω τὸ θέλημά σου, and line 19 ends with a repeated ῥυσαι ἡμ[ας], with enough space left for the prayer to end with Amen in the missing end of the line. This repetition may function as an embolism after the Lord’s Prayer. P.Oslo inv. 1644 features the same ending before the doxology. The verso is blank, and there are no sign of its use as an amulet; Cadwallader proposes a potentially liturgical use. Nomina sacra: θς, ουνοις, κε
Selection criteria	Literary genre (Biblical), Nomina sacra
Date from	300
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Palaeography
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Found in al-Bahnasā (Oxyrhynchos) during the excavations of Bernard Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt between 1896 and 1907.
Accession number	Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms P. Oxy. 4010

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference edition
• Blumell, Lincoln H. and Thomas A. Wayment. 2015. Christian Oxyrhynchus. Texts, Documents, and Sources. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press. 354-356, No. 99.

Editio princeps
• Treu, Kurt. 1994. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Part LX (P. Oxy. LX), edited by Revel A. Coles, Michael W. Haslam and Patricia J. Parsons. London: The Egypt Exploration Society. 5-7, No. 4010. Plate III.

Additional bibliography
• Cadwallader, Alan H. 1996. “An Embolism in the Lord’s Prayer?” New Testament Textual Research Update (NTTRU) 4: 81-86.
• Calhoun, Robert Matthew. 2020. “The Lord’s Prayer in Christian Amulets.” Early Christianity 11. 415-450: 422, No. 1.
• Epp, Eldon J. 2005. “The Oxyrhynchus New Testament Papyri: ‘Not Without Honor Except In Their Hometown’?” In Perspectives on New Testament Textual Criticism. Collected Essays, 1962-2004. Supplements to Novum Testamentum (Nov. Test. Suppl.) 116. 743-801: 779-781.
• Jones, Brice C. 2016. New Testament Texts on Greek Amulets From Late Antiquity. London/New York: Bloomsbury. 179n363.
• Kraus, Thomas J. 2006. “Manuscripts with the Lord’s Prayer – They Are More Than Simply Witnesses to that Text Itself.” In New Testament Manuscripts. Their Texts and their World, edited by Thomas J. Kraus and Tobias Nicklas. Texts and Editions for New Testament Study (TENT) 5. Leiden/Boston: Brill. 227-266: 238-240.
• Mihálykó, Ágnes. 2019. The Christian Liturgical Papyri: An Introduction. Studien zur Antike und Christentum 114. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. 348, No. 246.
• Nongbri, Brent. 2011. “The Lord's Prayer and XMΓ: Two Christian Papyrus Amulets.” Harvard Theological Review (HTR) 104. 59-68: 60n3.
• Pickering, Stuart R. 1994. “A New Papyrus Text of the Lord’s Prayer.” New Testament Textual Research Update (NTTRU) 2: 111–118.

Authors

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023

Suggested citation

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1545", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1545

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External links

TM 64491 / LDAB 5717 DCLP (PN) Oxyrhynchus Papyri (University of Oxford – Online Resource)

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