Papyrus 113 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓
113, is a fragment of an early copy of a section of the
New Testament
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in
Greek
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. It comes from a
papyrus
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manuscript
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of the
Epistle to the Romans. The surviving text features parts of Romans 2:12-13 on one side of the fragment and parts of 2:29 on the other.
The manuscript
paleographically has been assigned by the
INTF to the 3rd century. Comfort dated it to the first half of the 3rd century.
[Philip W. Comfort, ''Encountering the Manuscripts. An Introduction to New Testament Paleography & Textual Criticism'', Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005, p. 76-77.]
The manuscript is currently housed at the Papyrology Rooms, of the
Sackler Library
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History
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at
Oxford University
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with the shelf number P. Oxy. 4497.
Text
Although Comfort stated that the Greek text of this codex is too small to determine its textual character,
[ word-spacing analysis indicates that it contained the Alexandrian omission of του in verse 13.
No readings to be added.][J. K. Elliott, ''Seven Recently Published New Testament Fragments from Oxyrhynchus'', Novum Testamentum XLII, 3, p. 211.]
See also
* List of New Testament papyri
A New Testament papyrus is a copy of a portion of the New Testament made on papyrus. To date, over 140 such papyri are known. In general, they are considered the earliest witnesses to the original text of the New Testament.
This elite status amo ...
* Oxyrhynchus Papyri
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri are a group of manuscripts discovered during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by papyrologists Bernard Pyne Grenfell and Arthur Surridge Hunt at an ancient rubbish dump near Oxyrhynchus in Egypt (, mo ...
References
Further reading
* W. E. H. Cockle, ''The Oxyrhynchus Papyri LXVI'' (London: 1999), pp. 7–8.
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External links
Images
P.Oxy.LXIV 4497
from Papyrology at Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online"
Image from 𝔓113 recto, fragment of Romans 2:12-13
Image from 𝔓113 verso, fragment of Romans 2:29
Official registration
"Continuation of the Manuscript List"
Institute for New Testament Textual Research, University of Münster
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With more than 43,000 students and over 120 fields of stud ...
. Retrieved April 9, 2008
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New Testament papyri
3rd-century biblical manuscripts
Early Greek manuscripts of the New Testament
Epistle to the Romans papyri