| Artefact ID | 632 |
| TM ID | TM 61703 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | - () | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Codex |
| Text content | Literary |
| Language | Greek |
| Description | P.Mich. III 138; 𝔓38; Gregory-Aland P38; NT38 Fragment containing Luke, the Acts of the Apostles 18:27-19:6 and 19:12-16. The fragment consists of 3 smaller pieces, which were later joined together to form a folio. The ref. ed. assigns the text to the Western type, as the text agrees largely with the codex Bezae (5th to mid-7th c., Berytos). The original folio is estimated to have measured 25 x 15 cm and contained 37 lines per page, of which 21 lines of the recto (Luk 18:27-19:6) and verso (Luk 19:12-16) have been preserved. For punctuation, the text makes use of high-points and there occur several diaereses. A rough breathing appears once, in l. 14 of the verso. A multitude of nomina sacra appear throughout the text. The page number ΝΘ ("59") is visible on the verso, indicating that the codex perhaps contained only the Acts. The hand is described as an "excellent bookhand" by the ref. ed., and the scribe differentiated between thick and thin strokes. The style resembles a late stage in the Severe style. The text is somewhat effaced. |
| Selection criteria | Literary genre (Biblical), Nomina sacra |
| Date from | 250 |
| Date to | 350 |
| Dating criteria | Palaeography. Placed in the 3rd c. by the ref. ed. (and the first half of the 3rd in the ed. pr.), but described as belonging to the 4th c. in the purchase details of the fragment; see ed. pr. |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | The provenance is possibly in the Arsinoites (Fayûm), as was the provenance of many of the documents contained in the purchased lot. The fragments were acquired in Cairo in 1924, and alottet by H. I. Bell to the contributing institutions; see ref. ed. |
| Accession number | Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 1571 |
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