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Artefact ID840
TM IDTM 61802
Findspot (DEChriM ID)28   (al-Bahnasā)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumCodex
Text contentLiterary
LanguageGreek
Description

PSI I 1; Gregory-Aland P35; 𝔓35; NT35

Papyrus fragment containing the second Gospel of Matthew 25:12-15 and 20-23.

The papyrus measures 8 x 8.9 cm, and preserves 10 (recto) and 11 (verso) lines of text arranged in one column. The original size is estimated to have been 23/24 x 15, containing approximately 30 lines to a page.

The fragment is especially problematic concerning the palaeographical dating, with suggestions ranging from the 3rd c. to the 7th c.

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Biblical), Nomina sacra
Date from350
Date to499
Dating criteria

Palaeography. The ed. pr. places the fragment in the 7th c. The fragment has also been placed in the 3/4th c. (see Turner 1974: 147), in the 3rd century (by Roberts and T. C. Skeat, see Comfort-Barett 1999: 128-129) and in the second half of the 5th c. based on a parallel with P.Amh. II 190 (The Shepherd of Hermas, 5/6th c.; provenance N/A); see Clarysse / Orsini 2012: 464 and 470. Aland (1976: NT 35) places the fragment in the 4th c.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

The provenance is Oxyrhynchus (al-Bahnasā).

Accession number

Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana inv. 13725

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps:

Pistelli, Ermenegildo. 1912. Papiri greci e latini. Vol. 1. Vitelli, G. and M. Norsa, eds. Florence. 1-2, no. 1.

Additional bibliography:

· Aland, Kurt. 1976. Repertorium der griechischen christlichen Papyri: 1. Biblische Papyri: Altes Testament, Neues Testament, Varia, Apokryphen. Neues Testament 35.

· Bagnall, Roger S. 2011. The Oxford handbook of papyrology. Oxford, N.Y.: Oxford University Press. 132.

∙ Cavallo, Guglielmo. 1967. Ricerche sulla maiuscola biblica. Firenze: Le Monnier. Plate no. 103.

∙ Cavallo, Guglielmo, E. Crisci, G. Messeri, and R. Pintaudi, eds. 1998. Scrivere libri e documenti nel modo antico. Mostra di Papiri della Biblioteca medicea Laurenziana 25 agosto – 25 settembre 1998. Pap.Flor. XXX. Firenze 1998, nr. 82. 162-163 and plate no. 71.

∙ Clarysse, Willy and Pasquale Orsini. 2012. "Early new testament manuscripts and their dates: A critique of theological palaeography". Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses 88. 443-474.

∙ Comfort, Philip W. and David P. Barrett. 1999. The complete text of the earliest New Testament manuscripts. Grand Rapids, Michigan. 128-129.

∙ Jaroš, Karl. 2006. Das Neue Testament nach den ältesten griechischen Handschriften (CD-Rom). Wien-Würzburg: Echter. 3849-3857, no. 2.16.

∙ Min, Kyoung Shik. 2012. Die früheste Überlieferung des Matthäusevangeliums (bis zum 3./4. Jh.): Edition und Untersuchung. Dissertation. 74-82.

∙ Naldini, Mario. 1965. Documenti dell'antichità cristiana eposti nella Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana ; Firenze 6 - 30 giugno 1964. [Firenze]: Libr. Ed. Fiorentina. Description no. 10.

∙ Turner, Eric G. 1977. The Typology of the Early Codex. University of Pennsylvania Press.  147.

∙ van Haelst, Joseph. 1976. Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens. Paris. Description no. 374.

Authors
Sofia Heim, 2021
Suggested citation
Sofia Heim, 2021, "Artefact ID 840", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/840
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