Papyrus 30, P30
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First Composed: 12 April 2000
Last Updated: 12 April 2000
Name
Papyrus 30 (U. Lib. P. 61), P30
Date
3rd Century CE.
Provenance
Oxyrhynchus, Egypt.
Size
About 8.8 cm. x 6.2 cm. There is one column and about 10-19 lines per page.
It contain parts of two leaves of a codex.
Contents
It contain I Thessalonians 4:12-13,16-17; 5:3, 8-10, 12-18, 25-28; II Thessalonians 1:1-2 (with lacunae).
Textual Character
According to the Alands P30 has a text that is "at least normal" (i.e., somewhere between "normal" and "strict").
Writing
The script is large heavy round uncial of the early biblical type. The words are written without separation. Accents, breathings and punctuation marks are absent.
Location
Univ. Bibliotheek, Ghent, Belgium.
References
[1] B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, XIII, 12 ff. (No. 1598).
[2] W. H. P. Hatch, The Principal Uncial Manuscripts Of The New Testament, 1939, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Plate V.