| Artefact ID | 264 |
| TM ID | TM 61635 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 28 (al-Bahnasā) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Codex |
| Text content | Literary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | P.Oxy. XIII 1596; Gregory-Aland P28; Gregory-Aland 𝔓28 A small fragment from the lower part of a leaf of a papyrus codex containing the Gospel of John 6:8-12 and 17.22. The hand is a medium-sized right slanting semi-uncial, which uses a high point for punctuation, a nomen sacrum, and spaces for pauses. A complete codex page would have measured 13 x 20 cm, see Blumell / Wayment 2015: 101. |
| Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical), Nomina sacra |
| Date from | 250 |
| Date to | 350 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography. Dated to the early or middle part of 4th c. in the ed. pr. For the most recent date, see Clarysse / Orsini 2012: 469. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | The fragment was found was found among a group of 3/4 c. documents in al-Bahnasā (Oxyrhynchos) during the excavations of Bernard Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt; see the ed. pr. |
| Accession number | Los Angeles, Private Collection of Gifford Combs (sold in 2015). (Previously: Berkeley, Badé Museum of Biblical Archaeology Palest. Inst. Pap. 2) |
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