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Artefact ID	972
TM ID	TM 61789
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	28 (al-Bahnasā)
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Codex
Text content	Literary
Language	Greek
Description	P.Oxy. XXIV 2384, Prometheus 1 (1975): 195-200; Gregory-Aland P70; 𝔓70; NT70 Papyrus fragment from a codex containing the Gospel of Matthew (fragments of chapters 2, 3 and 24). To the codex belongs also the previously published P.Oxy. XXIV 2384. 3 fragments are currently related to this codex. The text is written in a single column with an original estimate of approximately 28–29 lines per column. Fragment A of PSI inv. 3407 measures 2 x 5.4 cm, and the verso precedes the recto. Fragment B cm measures 4.5 x 3 cm, where the recto precedes the verso. P.Oxy. XXIV 2384 measures 3.5 x 3.7 cm with 5 lines of text on the verso, and 6 on the recto; the verso precedes the recto. The two Florentine fragments (PSI inv. CNR 419 + 420) present Mt 2:13-16, 2:22-3:1, 24:3-6 and 24:12-15, the P.Oxy. XXIV 2384 adds verses 11:26-27 and 12:4-5. The hand is described as an upright, reformed documentary hand (see Blumell / Wayment 2015: 92-93). The text contains several nomina sacra and unique variants (inter alia the spelling of Ναζαρέτ as Ναζαρά in Mt 2:23 and the singular τῷ σάββατῳ in Mt 12:5).
Selection criteria	Literary genre (Biblical), Nomina sacra
Date from	300
Date to	350
Dating criteria	Palaeography. The ref. ed. places the fragments in the late 3rd /early 4th c.; the ed. pr. of P.Oxy. XXIV 2384 suggests the 3rd c. The palaeographers W. Clarysse and P. Orsini place it in the first half of the 4th c.; see Clarysse / Orsini 2012: 465 and 470.
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	The fragment was found in al-Bahnasā (Oxyrhynchos) during the excavations of Bernard Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt.
Accession number	Florence, Istituto Papirologico ’G. Vitelli’ PSI inv. 3407 (olim PSI inv. CNR 419 + 420) + Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms P. Oxy. 2384

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference edition:

· Naldini, Mario. 1975. "Nuovi frammenti del Vangelo di Matteo". Prometheus 1 (3). 195-200.

Editio princeps:

∙ Turner, Eric Gardner. 1957. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri XXIV, Nos. 2383—2425. Lobel, E., C.H. Roberts, E.G. Turner and J.W.B. Barns, eds. Papyrus no. 2384 and plate no. 13.

Additional bibliography:

· Aland, Kurt. 1976. Repertorium der griechischen christlichen Papyri: 1. Biblische Papyri: Altes Testament, Neues Testament, Varia, Apokryphen. Berlin. Neues Testament 70.

∙ Blumell, Lincoln H. and Thomas A. Wayment. 2015. Christian Oxyrhynchus: Texts, Documents and Sources. Waco, Texas. 92-95, papyrus no. 25.

∙ 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. 463-467.

∙ Jaroš, Karl. 2006. Das Neue Testament nach den ältesten griechischen Handschriften (CD-Rom). Wien-Würzburg: Echter. 3728-3740, no. 2.5.

· Luijendijk, Anne-Marie. 2010. "Sacred Scriptures as Trash: Biblical Papyri from Oxyrhynchus". Vigiliae Christianae 64. 252.

∙ Min, Kyoung Shik. 2005. Die früheste Überlieferung des Matthäusevangeliums (bis zum 3./4. Jh.): Edition und Untersuchung. Dissertation, 183-194.

∙ van Haelst, Joseph. 1976. Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens. Paris. Description no. 360.

Authors

Sofia Heim, 2021

Suggested citation

Sofia Heim, 2021, "Artefact ID 972", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/972

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External links

TM 61789 / LDAB 2942 DCLP (PN) PSI Online (PSI inv. 3407) CSNTM NT.VMR Wikipedia – Papyrus 70 Oxyrhynchus Online (Image Database) Oxyrhynchus Papyri (University of Oxford – Online)

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