Name P. Oxy. 1171 Date 3rd century Found Egypt | ||
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Now at Princeton University Library |
Papyrus 20 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by
Description
The original size of the leaves was 17 by 12 cm.
The text is neatly written in upright semi-cursive letters. The main Nomina Sacra are used, but πατηρ/pater/father and ανθρωπος/anthropos/man are written out in full.
The Greek text of this codex is representative of the Alexandrian text-type (rather proto-Alexandrian). Aland placed it in Category I. This manuscript shows the greatest agreement with Codex Sinaiticus and Vaticanus, but not with codices Ephraemi, Regius and other late Alexandrian manuscripts.
Philip Comfort has conjectured that the scribe who wrote
It is currently housed at the Princeton University Library (AM 4117) in Princeton.