| Artefact ID | 849 |
| TM ID | TM 68735 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Codex |
| Text content | Literary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | PSI XV 1497; Gregory-Aland P126; 𝔓126 Papyrus fragment from a codex containing Paul, Hebrews 13:12-13 and 19-20. The fragment measures 9.1 x 3.7 cm, and preserves 3 lines of text written in one column on both sides. The folio contains pagination for both the recto (page no. 161, rho-ksi-alpha) and verso (page no. 162, rho-ksi-beta). The recto precedes the verso. The folio is estimated to have measured 30 x 16 cm originally, and to have contained 20 lines of text per page. The ed. pr. describes the hand as elegant and written in a strict style. There are no visible nomina sacra: one has been conjectured in the lacuna of l. 1 verso. It is notable that the placement of the Hebrews is one that is not previously registred: an estimate of 117 pages preceding the Hebrews indicates that the work followed more than only the Romans, but the arrangement of the possible eight texts is unclear. A singular reading in 13:12 contains the phrase ἔξω τῆς πύλης τῆς παρεμβολῆς ἔπαθεν ("outside of the gate of the camp he suffered"), in which the specification of the "camp" is singular among manuscripts containing Hebrews. |
| Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical) |
| Date from | 300 |
| Date to | 350 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography. The fragment was dated to the beginning of the 4th c. by the ed. pr. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | The provenance is unknown. |
| Accession number | Florence, Istituto Papirologico ’G. Vitelli’ PSI inv. 2176 |
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