| Artefact ID | 298 |
| TM ID | TM 61636 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 28 (al-Bahnasā) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Codex, Sheet/roll, Uncertain |
| Text content | Literary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | P.Oxy. VIII 1079; P.Lond.Lit. 219; Gregory-Aland P18; Gregory-Aland 𝔓18; NT18 A papyrus fragment containing parts of the Exodus 11: 26-32 on the recto (TM 62314 / LDAB 3477), as well as parts of the Book of Revelation 1.4-7 on the verso (TM 61636 / LDAB 2786). The text of the recto appears to predate the text of the verso; see Blumell / Wayment 2015: 91. The original format of the fragment is difficult to discern. It has previously been argued that the fragment belonged to a codex (see Nongbri 2013: 77-88). This has since been contested, and the fragment containing the Book of Revelations is assumed to belong to a repurposed early Christian bookroll; see Malik 2019: 94-102. A textual point of interest is the reversal of word order in Revelation 1.6. Here, differing from the standard attestation, the phrase reads τὸ κράτος καὶ ἡ δόξα "the power and glory". |
| Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical), Nomina sacra |
| Date from | 200 |
| Date to | 299 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography. Dated to the late 3rd / early 4th. c. by the ed. pr. For the most recent date, se Clarysse / Orsini 2012: 469. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | - |
| Accession number | London, British Library, Pap 2053 vo. |
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