Artefact ID | 321 |
TM ID | TM 112359 |
Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 28 (al-Bahnasā) | Class | Textual |
Material | Papyrus |
Writing medium | Codex |
Text content | Literary |
Language | Greek |
Description | P.Oxy. LXXI 4804; Gregory-Aland P120; 𝔓120 Three small papyrus fragments containing the Gospel of John 1.25-28, 33-38, 42-44. The text is written in Biblical Majuscule with generous amounts of interlinear space, a paragraphos between l. 28 and 29 as well as organic and inorganic diaereses (with an apostrophe in l. 54); see ed. pr. |
Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical), Nomina sacra |
Date from | 300 |
Date to | 399 |
Dating criteria | Palaeography. Dated on the basis of parallels with P.Mich. III 138 (P38) and P.Beatty IV; see ed. pr. |
Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
Archaeological context | The fragments were found in al-Bahnasā (Oxyrhynchos) during the excavations of Bernard Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt. |
Accession number | Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms 101/157 (e). |