| Artefact ID | 641 |
| TM ID | TM 145321 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
| Text content | Literary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | Aegyptus 98 (2018): 96-105; ZPE 183 (2012): 227-233. Papyrus fragment containing Matthew 22:15-20, 21-22 and 35 with commentary. The text was written on the blank side (verso) of TM 145320 (a petition from the second half of the 3rd c., Oxyrhynchus). The fragment measures 11 x 5.2 cm, and contains 11 lines of text written in one column. The specific verses from the Gospel of Matthew contain the disputes of Jesus with the Pharisees and scribes: the disputes with the Sadducees (22:23-33) have been omitted. Each passage is followed by a brief exegesis, which suggests that the text belonged to a collection of scholia; see ed. pr. The author of this partial commentary/part of scholia remains unknown. There are frequent suspentions and contractions of words both in the quotationas as well as in the exegetic text. These are marked by slashes or horizontal lines, and this type of abbreviation indicates a date in the 3rd c. Punctuation appears in the form of elevated dots, and there are several rough breathings in the text (see l. 3, 5, 7 and 8). The text also contains nomina sacra. The biblical quotes are written in ekthesis (see l. 1, 3, 8 and 9). The ed. pr. notes that the ekthesis-arrangement does not necessarily agree with the beginning of the quotation (see l. 7 and 8). |
| Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical), Literary genre (Theological), Nomina sacra, Biblical quote or paraphrase |
| Date from | 250 |
| Date to | 350 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography. The ed. pr. places the exegesis in the 3rd c., yet gives an ultimo comparandum of P.Col. X 283 (loan-contract from after 306; Oxyrhynchos). |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | The provenance is possibly the Oxyrhynchos (al-Bahnasā); see ref. ed. The ed. pr. lists the provenance as unknown. The fragments were acquired for the University of Michigan in July 1925 by Dr. Askren and Prof. Boak. |
| Accession number | Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 4157 a Vo + P. 4170 a Vo |
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