Papyrus 101, P101
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First Composed: 18 April 2000
Last Updated: 18 April 2000
Name
Papyrus 101 (P.Oxy. 4401), P101
Date
3rd Century CE.
Provenance
Oxyrhynchus, Egypt.
Size
About 4.7 cm. x 8.6 cm. Click here to see the image.
This fragment come from a papyrus codex.
Contents
Verso, Matthew 3:10-12. Recto, Matthew 3:16 - 4:3.
Textual Character
This papyrus has several interesting readings which are textually interesting. The text seems to be proto-Alexandrian, having more affinity with
than with B.
Writing
The hand is plain and competent, rather than elegant, with a complete absence of serifs. Some letters somewhat resemble the cursive forms, but there are no ligatures: each letter is made independently and with a clear space between it and the letters before and after.
Accents are absent.
Location
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom.
References
[1] E. W. Handley et al., The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, LXIV, 1997, 2 ff. (No. 4401).