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Name
  
P. Oxy. 4805

Script
  
Greek

Date
  
3rd century

Found
  
Oxyrhynchus, Egypt

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Sign
  
P {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}

Text
  
Gospel of John 19:17-18,25-26

Papyrus 121 tears of the giants


Papyrus 121 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by P 121, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John. The surviving texts of John are only fragments of verses 19:17-18,25-26. They are in very fragmentary condition. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 3rd century by the INTF.

Contents

The manuscript currently is housed at the Papyrology Rooms of the Sackler Library at Oxford with the shelf number P. Oxy. 4805.

Description

The manuscript is written irregular, spaces between letters are not equal. Though the text is very small, it contains two of the nomina sacra: ΙΣ and ΜΗΙ (dative case from ΜΗΡ). Above letter iota two dots (diaeresis). On page recto, in lower line, from the left a scribe did not used letter iota in word και (and), though inserted diaeresis above letter alpha. Possibly it is a scribal error.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is too brief to determine its textual character. It can not be placed to any of Categories of New Testament manuscripts. It contains only 20 letters on recto, and 18 letters on verso.

In red colour missing letters.

References

Papyrus 121 Wikipedia
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