Papyrus 1
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[[Bernard Pyne Grenfell]] and [[Arthur Surridge Hunt]] discovered this papyrus at [[Oxyrhynchus]] in Egypt, on the second day of excavation, in the Winter of 1896-1897. Their findings were published in the first volume of ''The Oxyrhynchus Papyri'' in [[1898 AD|1898]]. | [[Bernard Pyne Grenfell]] and [[Arthur Surridge Hunt]] discovered this papyrus at [[Oxyrhynchus]] in Egypt, on the second day of excavation, in the Winter of 1896-1897. Their findings were published in the first volume of ''The Oxyrhynchus Papyri'' in [[1898 AD|1898]]. | ||
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Revision as of 11:22, 11 July 2009
Papyrus 1 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) designated by
1) is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew dating to the 3rd century. It is currently housed at the University of Pennsylvania Museum (E 2746), and was discovered in Oxyrhynchus, Egypt.
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Description
The manuscript is a fragment of two leaves, one column per page, 27-29 lines per page, roughly 14.7 cm by 15 cm. The surviving text of Matthew are verses 1:1-9, 12 and 13, 14-20. It is dated paleographically to the early 3rd century. The words are written continuously without separation. Accents and breathings are absent. The nomina sacra written in abbreviated forms: ΙC XC YC ΠNA KΣ.[1]
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History
Bernard Pyne Grenfell and Arthur Surridge Hunt discovered this papyrus at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt, on the second day of excavation, in the Winter of 1896-1897. Their findings were published in the first volume of The Oxyrhynchus Papyri in 1898.
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Facsimilies of P1 (large files, high resolution images):
