Papyrus 1, P1
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First Composed: 10 April 2000
Last Updated: 10 April 2000
Name
Papyrus 1 (#E2746), P1
Date
3rd Century CE.
Provenance
Oxyrhynchus, Egypt.
Size
About 14.7 cm. x 15 cm. There is one column and about 27 and 29 lines per page.
There two leaves.
Contents
It contain Matthew 1:1-9, 12 and 13, 14-20.
Textual Character
P1 agrees with the best Alexandrian witnesses, especially B. Most of the variants are in the spelling of names in the geneology (see Peter M. Head's article).
Writing
The words are written continuously without separation. Accents and breathings are absent.
Location
University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia.
References
[1] B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, I, 1898, 4 ff. (No. 2).
[2] W. H. P. Hatch, The Principal Uncial Manuscripts Of The New Testament, 1939, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Plate XI.
[3] P. M. Head, "Observations on Early Papyri of the Synoptic Gospels, especially on the 'Scribal Habits'", Biblica, 1990, Volume 71, pp. 240-247.