| Artefact ID | 260 |
| TM ID | TM 64596 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 28 (al-Bahnasā) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Parchment |
| Writing medium | Codex |
| Text content | Literary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | P.Oxy. XV 1782 Two vellum leaves of a miniature codex containing the Didache of the Twelve Apostles 1.3b-4a; 2, 1-3, 2a. Medium-sized informal uncial; some unusual divisions of words between lines; text reinked in red in l. 20; use of nomen sacrum (πν(εῦμ)α); no punctuation; wedge-shaped signs used to mark the end of a chapter. The text is the earliest Greek attestation of the Didache, and differs significantly from text of the manuscript Codex Hierosolymitanus (which contains the complete text); see Blumell / Wayment 2015: 283. |
| Selection criteria | Literary genre (Theological), Nomina sacra |
| Date from | 300 |
| Date to | 499 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography; dated to the late 4th c. by the ed. pr. |
| 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 | Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms P. Oxy. 1782. |
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