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Name
  
P. Oxy. 4403

Script
  
Greek

Date
  
2nd / 3rd century

Found
  
Oxyrhynchus, Egypt

Papyrus 103

Sign
  
P {displaystyle {mathfrak {P}}}

Text
  
Gospel of Matthew 13:55-56; 14:3-5

Papyrus 103 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by P 103, is a copy of part of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew.

Description

The surviving texts of Matthew are verses 13:55-56 and 14:3-5: they are in a fragmentary condition. The manuscript has been assigned palaeographically to the late 2nd or early 3rd century.

Probably together with Papyrus 77 it belonged to the same codex.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. According to Comfort it is proto-Alexandrian text.

In Matthew 13:55, the name of Jesus' second brother reads [...]ης so that either Ἰωάννης (John) and Ἰωσῆς (Joses) are possible original readings.

Ἰωάννης (John) א* D M U Γ 2 28 579 1424 Byzmss vgmss Origenpt Ἰωσῆς (Joses) K L W Δ Π 0106 f13 22 565 1241 1582mg Byzmss itk,qc cosa,bomss Basil of Caesarea Ἰωσῆ (Joses) 118 157 700* 1071 syrh cobomss Ἰωσὴφ (Joseph) א2 B C N Θ f1 33 700c 892 lat syrs,c,hmg mae-1 Codex Schøyen cobomss Origenpt
Location

The manuscript is currently housed at the Sackler Library (Papyrology Rooms, P. Oxy. 4403) in Oxford.

References

Papyrus 103 Wikipedia