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Papyrus 2066
- Record Id:
- 040-002105436
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00013b
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467087.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2066
- Title:
- Genesis (P.Oxy. IX 1166, P.Lond.Lit. 201, TM 61957, LDAB 3114)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragments of a papyrus roll with Genesis 16:8-12. Whether the papyrus is of Jewish origin has been debated.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105436 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2066 : Genesis (P.Oxy. IX 1166, P.Lond.Lit. 201, TM 61957, LDAB 3114) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1285]/040-002105436
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Three fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, with writing on one side; the back is blank. Portions of 28 lines from one column survive, with part of the upper and lower margins. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467087.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0200
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Largest fragment: 135 x 47 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 270 x 95 mm.
Script: Early example of Biblical Majuscule; nomina sacra contracted; one rough breathing and medial stop.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2040-2075 by the Egypt Exploration Fund on 3 September 1914.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond.Lit. 201
P.Oxy. IX 1166 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the years 1911-1915 (London: British Museum 1925), p. 478.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri IX (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1912), pp. 1-3, no. 1166, with pl. i.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of Literary Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum 1927), p. 164, no. 201.
C. H. Roberts, ‘The Christian Book and the Greek Papyri’, The Journal of Theological Studies 50 (1949), pp. 155-168 (p. 157).
G. Cavallo, Ricerche sulla maiuscola biblica (Firenze: Le Monnier 1967), p. 48, with pl. 25b.
K. Treu, ‘Die Bedeutung des Griechischen für die Juden im Römischen Reich’, Kairos 15 (1973), PP. 123–144 (p. 142).
J. van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens (Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne 1976), p. 17, no. 14.
E. G. Turner, The typology of the early codex (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press 1977), p. 164, no. 106,.
C. H. Roberts, T. C. Skeat, The Birth of the Codex (London-Oxford: Oxford University Press 1983), p. 39.
R. A. Kraft, ‘The ‘Textual Mechanics’ of Early Jewish LXX/OG Papyri and Fragments”, in S. McKendrick, O. A. O`Sullivan (eds.), The Bible as Book. The Transmission of the Greek Text (London: Grand Haven 2003), pp. 51–72 (p. 62).
E. J. Epp, ‘The Oxyrhynchus New Testament Papyri: “Not Without Honor Except in their Hometown”?’, Journal of Biblical Literature 123 (2004), pp. 5–55 (p. 19).
A. Rahlfs, D. Fraenkel, Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht 2004), p. 296, no. 944.
E. J. Epp, ‘The New Testament Papyri at Oxyrhynchus in their Social and Intellectual Context’, in Perspectives on New Testament Textual Criticism: collected essays, 1962-2004 (Boston: Brill 2005), pp. 497–520.
L. W. Hurtado, The Earliest Christian Artifacts: Manuscripts and Christian Origins (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans; Edinburgh: Alban [distributor] 2006), pp. 59, 210.
AM. Luijendijk, ‘Reading the Gospel of Thomas in the Third Century. Three Oxyrhynchus Papyri and Origen’s Homilies’, in C. Clivaz, J. Zumstein (eds.), Reading New Testament Papyri in context. Lire les papyrus du Nouveau Testament dans leur context (Leuven – Paris – Walpole, Ma: Uitgeverij Peeters 2011), pp. 241-267 (p. 250).
L. H. Blumell, Lettered Christians: Christians, letters, and late antique Oxyrhynchus (Leiden: Brill 2012), p. 50, n. 109; p. 326.
J. Leipziger, ‘Ancient Jewish Greek Practices of Reading and Their Material Aspects’, in A. Krauß, J. Leipziger, F. Schücking-Jungblut (eds.), Material Aspects of Reading in Ancient and Medieval Cultures (Berlin: De Gruyter 2020), pp. 149-176 (p. 159).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)