| Artefact ID | 256 |
| TM ID | TM 704179 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 28 (al-Bahnasā) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Codex |
| Text content | Literary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | P.Oxy. LXXXI 5258; Gregory-Aland P132; Gregory-Aland 𝔓132 A small, square papyrus fragment (measuring 3.5 cm x 3.5 cm) containing Paulus Letters to the Ephesians 3:21-4:2, 14-16. The fragment, together with the manuscripts P46 (Christian texts from the early 3rd c., Aphroditopolis), P49 (Ephesians from the mid 3/mid 4th c., provenance N/A) and P92 (Ephesians from mid 3/mid 4th c., Narmouthis), constitutes the earliest Greek witnesses of Paulus' Ephesians. This fragment is the earliest attestation from Oxyrhynchus; see ed. pr. |
| Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical), Nomina sacra |
| Date from | 350 |
| Date to | 450 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | The fragment was found in al-Bahnasā (Oxyrhynchos) during the excavations of Bernard Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt. |
| Accession number | Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms 60/5. |
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