Papyrus 20
Princeton University Library | |
Cite | B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrhynchus Papyri IX, (London 1912), pp. 9-11 |
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Size | 11.5 by 4.5 cm |
Type | Alexandrian text-type |
Category | I |
Papyrus 20 (in the
paleographically assigned to the early 3rd century.[1]
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.[2]
The Greek text of this codex is representative of the
Philip Comfort has conjectured that the scribe who wrote 𝔓20 was also the same scribe who wrote 𝔓27, where the Greek letters α, β, δ, ε, λ, ι, μ, ν, ο, π, ρ, σ, ψ, υ, φ, ω are formed identically in both manuscripts.[3]
It is currently housed at the
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
- ^ a b B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrhynchus Papyri IX, (London 1912), p. 9.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9.
- ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
Further reading
- B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrhynchus Papyri IX, (London 1912), pp. 9–11.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Papyrus 20.
- Robert B. Waltz. NT Manuscripts: Papyri, 𝔓20 Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism
- Images of the 𝔓20 at the Princeton University Library Papyrus
- P. Oxy. 1171 at the Oxyrhynchus Online
- GA Papyrus 20 Archived 2019-04-25 at the Wayback Machine. Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts