Current Edition: DCLP 62018 (P.Ryl. 3 460); TM 62018

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Title Fragment of a Testimony Book
Works
  • Testamentum Vetus (Septuaginta), Isaias 42.3-4.and.52.15.and.53.1-3, 6-7, 11-12.and.66.18-19, 52-53
  • Testamentum Vetus (Septuaginta), Genesis 26.13-14
  • Testamentum Vetus (Septuaginta), 2 Paralipomenon 1.12
  • Testamentum Vetus (Septuaginta), Deuteronomium 28.8, 11
Principal Edition P.Ryl. 3 460
catalogue
  • - 18263. Alfred Rahlfs, Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments. Band I, 1. Die Überlieferung bis zum VIII. Jahrhundert. Bearbeitet von Detlef Fraenkel., (Göttingen 2004). 958 descr.
  • - 8932. Joseph van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens., (Paris 1976). 299 descr.
Partial Edition 95221. S. Eitrem and Leiv Amundsen, Papyri Osloenses II, (Oslo 1931). 11
Previous Edition
  • - 70673. Alessandro Falcetta, "A Testimony Collection in Manchester: Papyrus Rylands Greek 460.," BRL, 83 (2001), pp. 3-19. 83 3-19
  • - 3526. Colin H. Roberts, Two Biblical Papyri in the John Rylands Library Manchester., (Manchester 1936). 47-62
Fragments Manchester, John Rylands Library Gr. 460; Oslo, University Library P. 22 a-b
Support Material papyrus
Support Dimensions 11.4cm wide x 14.1cm high
Date 300 - 399
More from the period between 300 CE and 399 CE
Origin Fundort: Arsinoites, Egypt; Schreibort: Egypt
More from Fundort: Arsinoites, Egypt; Schreibort: Egypt
Form and Layout papyrus codex (columns: 1, pagination: 0)
Genre prose; bible (testimony collection)
Culture literature
Religion christian
General Notes Two fragments of the same bifolium were published as P.Oslo II. They have been reprinted together with the Ryland fragments, forming one text as a whole.
Print Illustrations Videnskapsselskapets Forhandlinger (1923); C.H. Roberts, Two Biblical Papyri in the John Rylands Library, 1936, opposite p.47
Availability © Digital Corpus of Literary Papyri and LDAB (Trismegistos). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License .

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Introduction

The numbering of the folia i and ii has been changed into a and b. The recto - verso order of folio b of the edition has been reversed, the recto being renamed as verso and the verso as recto.

Folio a

r

1τεθραυσμέν̣ο̣[ν] [οὐ]
2συντρίψει καὶ λ[ίνον]
3καπνιζόμεν̣[ον]
4οὐ σβέσει,˙ ἀλλ[ὰ εἰς]
5ἀλήθειαν ἐξ[οίσει]
6κρίσιν. ἀνα[λάμ-]
7ψει καὶ οὐ θρ[αυσθή-]
8σεται, ὡς ἂ[ν θῇ]
9ἐπὶ τῆς [γῆς κρίσιν]·
10[καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι] 11̣. [αὐτοῦ] ἔ̣θ̣[νη ἐλπι-]
12οῦσιν.˙—κἀ[γὼ τὰ ἔ-]
13ργα αὐτῶ[ν καὶ τὸν]
14λογισμὸ[ν αὐτῶν]
15(added at left: (ὡραῖον)) ἐπίσταμ[αι].
16ἔρχομαι σ̣υ̣ν̣[αγαγεῖν]
17πάσας τὰς γλώ[σσας],
18κ(αὶ) ἥξουσιν καὶ ὄψ[ον-]
19ται τὴν δόξα[ν]
20μου. καὶ κα<τα>λεί[ψω]
21ἐπ’ αὐτῶν σημεῖ[ον]
22καὶ ἀποστελῶ [ἐξ]
23αὐτῶν σ̣ε̣σ̣[ῳσμένους]
24εἰς Θαρσε[ις] [καὶ ...]
25καὶ Μοσ̣οχ [καὶ εἰς Θο-]
26θελ κα[ὶ εἰς τὴν]
27[Ἑ]λλά[δα ⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
27-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

v

28[ὄψο]ν̣ται, καὶ οἳ
29[οὐ]κ̣ ἀκηκόασιν, συν-
30[ή]σ̣ουσιν.˙ κ(ύρι)ε, τίς
31[ἐπ]ίστευσεν τῇ ἀκο-
32[ῇ] ἡμῶν; καὶ ὁ βρα-
33[χί]ων κ(υρίο)υ τίνι
34[ἀπε]καλύφθη;
35[ἀνη]γγείλαμεν
36[ἐναντίο]ν αὐτοῦ
37[ὡς παιδίον, ὡς ῥί-]
38[ζα ἐν γῇ δι]ψώσῃ,
39[οὐκ ἔσ]τ̣ιν εἶδος
40[αὐτῷ ο]ὐ̣δὲ δόξ̣α·
41[καὶ εἴδο]μεν αὐτόν,
42[καὶ οὐκ] ε̣ἶχεν εἶδος
43[οὐδ]ὲ κάλλος·˙ ἀλλὰ
44[τὸ] εἶδος αὐτοῦ ἄτι-
45[μ]ο̣ν καὶ ἐκλεῖπον
46[π]α̣ρὰ πάντας τοὺ<ς>
47[υἱοὺ]ς̣ τῶν ἀν(θρώπ)ων,
48[ἄν(θρωπ)ος] ἐν πληγῇ
49[ὢν καὶ] ἐν πόνῳ
50[κ(αὶ) εἰδ]ὼ̣ς φέρειν
51[μαλακί]αν, ὅ[τι]
51-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Folio b

r

52αὐτὸν διὰ̣ τ̣ὰς
53ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν.
54διὰ τὸ κεκα[κῶσ-]
55θαι οὐκ ἀνοίγ[ει]
56τὸ στόμα α[ὐτοῦ]·
57ὡς βρόβα̣[τον]
58ἐπὶ σφαγὴ̣[ν ἤχθη]
59καὶ ὡς ἀμ̣[νὸς]
60ἐναντί[ον τοῦ]
61κ̣ε̣ί̣[ρ]ο̣ν̣[τος ἄφω-]
62νος˙ καὶ τὰς [ἁμαρ-]
63τίας αὐτῶ[ν αὐτὸς]
64ἀνοίσει. δ[ιὰ τοῦτο]
65αὐτὸς κλ̣[ηρονομή-]
66σει πολλο̣ὺ̣ς̣ κ̣(αὶ) [τῶν]
67ἰσχυρῶν με[ριεῖ]
68σκῦλα,˙ ἀνθ’ [ὧν]
69παρεδόθη εἰ[ς θά-]
70νατον ἡ ψυχ̣[ὴ]
71αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν [τοῖς]
72ἀνόμοι̣[ς] ἐ̣λ̣[ογίσθη]·
73κα̣ὶ αὐτ[ὸς ἁμαρτίας]
74πολλῶν ἀ[νήνεγκεν]
75[κ(αὶ) δι]ὰ̣ τ̣[ὰς ἀνομίας]
75-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

v

76[μεί]ζων ἐγένετο,
77[ὡς] [ο]ὗ μέ[γα]ς ἐγέ-
78[νετο σ]φόδρα· ἐγέ-
79[νετο δὲ] αὐτῷ
80[κτήνη π]ροβάτων
81[καὶ κτήν]η βοῶν
82[καὶ γεώργ]ια πολλά.
83[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]˙ λ̣α̣
84[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ατος
85[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩].ε̣[.]τι˙
——
86[Παραλειπο]μ̣ένων
——
87[τὴν σοφία]ν καὶ τὴν
88[σύνεσιν δί]δ̣ωμί σο̣ι̣
89[καὶ πλοῦτον] καὶ
90[χρήμα]τ̣α̣ καὶ δο-
91[ξαν δ]ώσω σοι
——
92Δευτερονόμιον
——
93[ἀποστε]λεῖ κ(ύριο)ς ἐπὶ σὲ
94[τὴν εὐ]λογίαν ἐν τοῖς
95[ταμιείοι]ς σου ἐν πᾶσι,
96[οὗ ἂν ἐπι]βά[λ]ῃς τὴν
97[χεῖρά σου ἐπὶ] τ̣ῆς γῆς
98[καὶ πληθυ]νεῖ σε κ(ύριο)ς
99[ὁ θ(εό)ς σου εἰς ἀ]γαθὰ
100[ἐν τοῖς ἐκγό]νοις τ̣ῆ̣[ς]
100-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Commentary

  • 2.

    The scribe has written the final nu of the line as an episema

  • 17.

    All mss. read πάντα τὰ ἔθνη καί before τὰς γλώσσας

  • 24.

    After Θαρσεις the mss. read καὶ Φουδ καὶ Λουδ. One of the two has clearly been omitted in the papyrus

  • 29.

    The scribe has written the final nu of the line as an episema

  • 35.

    The scribe has written the final nu of the line as an episema

  • 41.

    The scribe has written the final nu of the line as an episema

  • 45.

    The scribe has written the final nu of the line as an episema

  • 49.

    The addition καὶ ἐν πόνῳ, not found in any other mss., was probably transferred by the writer from v.4 ἐλογισάμεθα αὐτὸν εἶναι ἐν πόνῳ καὶ ἐν πληγῇ

  • 53.

    The scribe has written the final nu of the line as an episema

  • 54.

    Before διὰ τὸ κεκακῶσθαι the words καὶ αὐτὸς of the mss. were omitted

  • 80.

    The scribe has written the final nu of the line as an episema

  • 81.

    The scribe has written the final nu of the line as an episema

  • 86.

    The scribe has written the final nu of the line as an episema

  • 96.

    The scribe has written the final nu of the line as an episema

History

  • 2021-03-04T11:09:58-05:00 [Mike%20Sampson]: Finalized - This is good to go.
  • 2021-03-04T11:09:57-05:00 [Mike%20Sampson]: Finalized - This is good to go.
  • 2021-03-03T21:14:16-05:00 [Mike%20Sampson]: Vote - Accept-Straight-to-Finalization - TEXT: regularize in a.r.1 instead of |ed| tags; correct accent of ἄν in a.r.8; regularize in a.r.24 instead of |ed| tags; I’m not sure what the paragraphos ---- at the end of a.r.25 is for; in a.v.40 the xi has the dot, not the alpha; *high-punctus* after κάλλος in a.v.43; superstrokes over nomen sacrum in a.v.47 and 48; superstrokes over nomen sacrum in b.v.93, 98, and 99. META: remove volume number from biblio 95221; update title (‘Fragment of a Testimony Book’) and delete legacy title; Arsinoites is (https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/736893).
  • 2021-03-03T21:14:16-05:00 [Mike%20Sampson]: Vote - Accept-Straight-to-Finalization - TEXT: regularize in a.r.1 instead of |ed| tags; correct accent of ἄν in a.r.8; regularize in a.r.24 instead of |ed| tags; I’m not sure what the paragraphos ---- at the end of a.r.25 is for; in a.v.40 the xi has the dot, not the alpha; *high-punctus* after κάλλος in a.v.43; superstrokes over nomen sacrum in a.v.47 and 48; superstrokes over nomen sacrum in b.v.93, 98, and 99. META: remove volume number from biblio 95221; update title (‘Fragment of a Testimony Book’) and delete legacy title; Arsinoites is (https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/736893).
  • 2021-03-03T15:06:48-05:00 [PaulvdLaan]: Submit - Encoded Greek TEXT from P.Ryl.3.460; lin30, 33: added supralinear strokes as in P.Oslo. Wonder whether this should be done also on nomina sacra in lin93 and 99. No image available; lin52: διὰ τὰς underdotted as in P.Oslo; lin62: missing opening square bracket has to be placed correctly on the base of image. lin78: σφόδρα underdotted as in P.Oslo. lin85,86,91,92: interpreted ----- (4x) as paragraphos, please check. METADATA: can't find Rudberg (previous ed. of P.Oslo) in BP.
  • 2021-03-03T15:06:48-05:00 [PaulvdLaan]: Submit - Encoded Greek TEXT from P.Ryl.3.460; lin30, 33: added supralinear strokes as in P.Oslo. Wonder whether this should be done also on nomina sacra in lin93 and 99. No image available; lin52: διὰ τὰς underdotted as in P.Oslo; lin62: missing opening square bracket has to be placed correctly on the base of image. lin78: σφόδρα underdotted as in P.Oslo. lin85,86,91,92: interpreted ----- (4x) as paragraphos, please check. METADATA: can't find Rudberg (previous ed. of P.Oslo) in BP.

  • 2014-12-10 [DCLP]: Crosswalked to EpiDoc XML

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