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Papyrus 1531
- Record Id:
- 040-002105309
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0000bf
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100058108215.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1531
- Title:
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Gospel of Thomas fragment (in Greek), and Survey List (P.Lond.Lit. 222, P. Oxy. IV 654, TM 62840)
- Scope & Content:
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On the verso is a fragment of the Gospel of Thomas (in Greek), corresponding to sections 1-7 (imperfect) of the Coptic Gospel of Thomas (P. Lond. Lit. 222, P. Oxy. IV 654, TM 62840). The recto contains a portion of a survey list of land, which has not been published.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105309 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1531 : Gospel of Thomas fragment (in Greek), and Survey List (P.Lond.Lit. 222, P. Oxy. IV 654, TM 62840) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0810]/040-002105309
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Fragment of a roll or sheet, mounted in glass.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100058108215.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- end of the 2nd century-3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Papyrus
Dimensions: 245 x 78mm, mounted in a glass case 295 x 130mm.
Ruling: 1 column of 42 lines (verso).
Script: Cursive on the recto (written at the end of the 2nd or beginning of the 3rd century), uncial on the verso (written in the mid-to-late 3rd century).
- Custodial History:
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Found at Oxyrhynchus, Egypt.
Part of a group of papyri (now Papyri 1523-1544) presented to the British Museum by the Egypt Exploration Fund in November 1906.
- Former External References:
- P. Lond. Lit. 222
P. Oxy. IV 654 - Publications:
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B. P. Grenfell and A. S. Hunt, New Sayings of Jesus and Fragment of a Lost Gospel, London 1904.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Vol. IV, London 1904, pp. 1-22.
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the years MDCCCCVI-MDCCCCX, London 1912, p. 310
H. I. Bell, Recent Discoveries of Biblical Papyri. An inaugural lecture delivered before the University of Oxford on 18 November 1936, Oxford 1937 (Pamphlet 335).
J. van Haelst, Catalogue des Papyrus Littéraires juifs et chrétiens, Paris 1976, pp. 209-210, no. 593 (with additional bibliography).
K. Aland, Repertorium der griechischen christlichen Papyri I: biblische Papyri, Berlin 1976, p. 370, Ap 8).
J. K. Elliott, The Apocryphal New Testament, Oxford 1993, pp. 123-149 (with additional bibliography).
- Exhibitions:
- Egypt: Faith after the Pharoahs, British Museum, London, 29 October 2015 - 7 February 2016
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)