Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 4 (P. Oxy. 4) is a fragment of a Christian theological work in
Greek. It was discovered by
Grenfell and
Hunt in 1897 in
Oxyrhynchus
Oxyrhynchus (; grc-gre, Ὀξύρρυγχος, Oxýrrhynchos, sharp-nosed; ancient Egyptian ''Pr-Medjed''; cop, or , ''Pemdje''; ar, البهنسا, ''Al-Bahnasa'') is a city in Middle Egypt located about 160 km south-southwest of Cairo ...
. The fragment is dated to the early 4th century. It is housed in the library of the
University of Cambridge. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.
[P. Oxy. 4]
at the Oxyrhynchus Online
The manuscript was written on
papyrus in the form of a codex. The measures of the original leaf were 127 by 72 mm. On the verso side the text is written in a medium-sized
uncial letters. On the recto it is written in
cursive
Cursive (also known as script, among other names) is any style of penmanship in which characters are written joined in a flowing manner, generally for the purpose of making writing faster, in contrast to block letters. It varies in functionalit ...
letters. The
nomina sacra are written in an abbreviated way (
ΘΣ). It is a theological text,
Gnostic in character, concerning the 'upper' and 'lower' soul.
See also
*
Oxyrhynchus Papyri
*
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1
*
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 3
*
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 5
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 5 (P. Oxy. 5) is a fragment of a Christian homily, written in Greek. It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The fragment is dated to the late third or early fourth century. It is housed in the Bodleia ...
References
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4th-century manuscripts
Early Christianity and Gnosticism
Manuscripts in Cambridge