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Artefact ID	1559
TM ID	TM 64206
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	23 (al-Šayḫ ʿIbāda)
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Codex, Sheet/roll
Text content	Literary
Language	Greek
Description	P. Ant. 2 54; van Haelst 347: Miniature codex containing part of the Paternoster (Matthew 6:9-13) This small folded sheet (5.2 x 4 cm) is the inner double leaf of a miniature codex of Matthew’s version of the Paternoster. It begins in the middle of verse 10 and is unfinished, breaking off in the middle of a word in verse 12 (ὀφειλήμ[ατα]) and leaving the final page empty. At 33 letters per page, this sheet would have been preceded by another double leaf containing two pages of Matthew 6:9-10, and presumably two further empty pages. For this section to have fit two pages, the author may have possibly omitted ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς in verse 9. The codex form is indicated by slits for connecting thread at the top and bottom middle of the sheet. It was possibly used as an amulet (see Jones 2016), or as a «toy booklet» for a child. Verse 10 includes the variant ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
Selection criteria	Literary genre (Biblical)
Date from	200
Date to	325
Dating criteria	Palaeography; dated to the 3rd c. by the ed.pr., it is presumed to be the earliest Paternoster fragment. Similarities to the handwritings of the Heroninus archive are remarked. Orsini/Clarysse 2012 and Jones 2016 have suggested 3rd to early 4th c.
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Excavations at al-Šayḫ ʿIbāda (Sheikh Abâda, ancient Antinoopolis), by John de Monins Johnson in Winter 1913/1914, funded by the Egypt Exploration Fund.
Accession number	Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms P. Ant. 54

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Barns, John W. B. and Henrik Zilliacus. 1960. The Antinoopolis Papyri. Part II. London: Egypt Exploration Society. 6-7, No. 54. Plate IV.

Additional bibliography
• Aland, Kurt. 1976. Repertorium der griechischen christlichen Papyri: 1. Biblische Papyri: Altes Testament, Neues Testament, Varia, Apokryphen. Berlin/New York: De Gruyter. 353, Var 29.
• Bammel, Ernst. 1961. “Contributions and Comments: A New Text of the Lord’s Prayer.” Expository Times (ET) 73: 54.
• Bammel, Ernst. 1961. “Ein neuer Vater-Unser-Text.” Zeitschrift für die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft (ZNW) 52: 280-281.
• Calhoun, Robert M. 2020. “The Lord’s Prayer in Christian Amulets.” Early Christianity 11. 415-450: 421, No. 1.
• Carlig, Nathan, and Magali de Haro Sanchez. 2015. “Amulettes ou Exercices Scolaires: Sur les Difficultés de ka Catégorisation des Papyrus Chrétiens.” In Écrire la Magie dans l’Antiquité. Actes du Colloque International (Liège, 13-15 Octobre 2011), edited by Magali de Haro Sanchez. Liège: Presses Universitaires de Liège. 69-83: 80-81.
• 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. 213, 369. P. Antinoopolis 2.54.
• Cribiore, Raffaela. 1996. Writing, Teachers, and Students in Graeco-Roman Egypt. Atlanta: Scholars Press. 273, No. 387.
• de Bruyn, Theodore S., and Jitse H.F. Dijkstra. 2011. “Greek Amulets and Formularies from Egypt Containing Christian Elements: A Checklist of Papyri, Parchments, Ostraka, and Tablets.” Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists (BASP) 48: 163-216. No. 156, 208-209.
• Jaroš, Karl. 2006. Das Neue Testament nach den ältesten griechischen Handschriften (CD-Rom). Ruhpolding/Mainz: Franz Philipp Rutzen. 3822-3824, no. 2.13.
• Jones, Brice C. 2016. New Testament Texts on Greek Amulets From Late Antiquity. London/New York: Bloomsbury. 117-122, No. 12.
• 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: 233-235.
• Legras, Bernard. 2002. Lire en Égypte, d’Alexandre à l’Islam. Paris: Picard. 92-93. Fig. 49.
• Orsini, Pasquale and Willy Clarysse. 2012. “Early New Testament Manuscripts and Their Dates. A Critique of Theological Palaeography.” Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses (Eph. Theol. Lov.) 88(4). 443-474: 450n30, 472, No. Var. 29.
• Treu, Kurt. 1969. “Christliche Papyri 1940-1967.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung (AfP) 19. 169-206: 180.
• van Haelst, Joseph. 1976. Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens. Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne. 129, No. 347.

Authors

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023

Suggested citation

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1559", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1559

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TM 64206 / LDAB 5425 DCLP (PN) PINAX – P.Ant. (The Imaging Papyri Project) Kyprianos M1098

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