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Artefact ID	1442
TM ID	TM 61757
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Codex
Text content	Literary
Language	Greek
Description	Gregory-Aland 𝔓88, P88: Gospel of Mark 2,1-26 Double folio of single-column codex (15 x 24 cm), originally 22-23 lines per page. The four pages cover parts of Mark 2,1-8 (page a), Mark 2,8-15 (page b), Mark 2,15-19 (page c) and Mark 2,20-26 (page d). Features visual partitions (empty spaces at the beginning of the line, or a prominent first letter in the line) similar to modern verse division. Multiple hands are distinguishable, two additional scribes correcting the mistakes or omissions of the primary scribe (in line 28 and line 68 respectively). Two instances of diverging from tradition (2:8, τω πνι αυτω instead of τω πνι αυτου; 2:11, εγειρε σοι λεγω instead of λεγω σοι εγειρε). Nomina sacra with supralinear stroke (ανου, θς, θυ, θν, ις, ιω, πνι).
Selection criteria	Literary genre (Biblical), Nomina sacra
Date from	300
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Palaeography. While the ed.pr. assigns the 4th c., Comfort 2016 points to a “morphological likeness” to P. Chester Beatty IX (Ezekiel and Esther) and P. Oxy. 3 412.
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown provenance; no acquisition information.
Accession number	Milan, Università Cattolica P. Med. 69.24

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Daris, Sergio. 1972. “Papiri letterari dell’Università Cattolica di Milano.” Aegyptus 52. 67-118: 80-88, no. 6.

Additional bibliography
• Aland, Kurt. 1976. Repertorium der griechischen christlichen Papyri: 1. Biblische Papyri: Altes Testament, Neues Testament, Varia, Apokryphen. Berlin/New York: De Gruyter. 322, Neues Testament (NT) 88.
• Aland, Kurt and Barbara Aland. 1981/1989. The Text of the New Testament. An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism, transl. by Erroll F. Rhodes. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans. 102.
• Aland, Kurt. 1994. Kurzgefasste Liste der Griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments. Zweite, neubearbeitete und ergänzte Auflage. Berlin/New York: De Gruyter. 15, 𝔓88.
• Comfort, Philip Wesley. 2019. The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Papyri 75-139 and Uncials. Volume 2. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Academic. 128-130, 366. No. 𝔓88.
• Jaroš, Karl. 2006. Das Neue Testament nach den ältesten griechischen Handschriften (CD-Rom). Ruhpolding/Mainz: Franz Philipp Rutzen. 2173-2198, no. 2.1.
• Orsini, Pasquale and Clarysse, Willy. 2012. “Early New Testament And Their Dates. A Critique Of Theological Palaeography.” Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses 88(4). 443-474: 462-463, 471.
• Orsini, Pasquale. 2005. Manoscritti in maiuscola biblica. Materiali per un aggiornamento. Rome: Edizioni dell’Università degli Studi di Cassino: 90.

Authors

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022

Suggested citation

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2022, "Artefact ID 1442", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1442

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External links

TM 61757 / LDAB 2909 DCLP (PN) Wikipedia – Papyrus 88 NT.VMR CSNTM

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