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HGV: P.Oxy. 6 925 [source] [xml]

Title Christian Prayer
Publications P.Oxy. 6 925
More in series P.Oxy.More in series P.Oxy., vol. 6
W.Chr. 132
Sel. Pap. I 196
Support/Dimensions Papyrus
Translations Metzger, Nachrichten aus dem Wüstensand (1974), Nr. 77
Origin Oxyrhynchos
More from Oxyrhynchos
Material Papyrus
Date V - VI
More from the period between 401 CE and 600 CE
Subjects Orakelfrage; christlich; Reise
Images http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/dlo?obj=pts.apis.2...
License Creative Commons License © Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Trismegistos: 35312 [source]

Publications P. Oxy. 6 925 (Grenfell, Bernard P. / Hunt, Arthur S.; 1908) = Chrest. Wilck. 132 (Wilcken, Ulrich / ; 1912) = Pap. Graec. Mag.(2) 2 Christliches 1 (Preisendanz, Karl / ; 1974) = Sel. Pap. 1 196 (Hunt, Arthur S. / Edgar, Campbell Cowan; 1932) = Meyer / Smith, Ancient Christian magic. Coptic texts of ritual power 30 (Meyer, Marvin W. / ; 1994)
Inv. no. Princeton, Theological Seminary P. 2
Date AD 400 - 599
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, U19 - Oxyrynchos (Bahnasa)[found & written]
Places mentioned places

Catalog Record: pts.apis.2 [xml]

Title Christian Prayer
Summary Christian prayer of petition concerning the prudence of a journey and the likelihood of success. Grenfell and Hunt, comparing it to pagan counterparts P.Oxy. 923 and P.Fay. 137, suppose that it would have been deposited in a church.
Citations P.Oxy. 6.925 W.Chr. 132 Sel.Pap. I 196
P.Oxy.:6:925
Inv. Id SCR 1035 (Box 3), item 1
Support/Dimensions 5.6 x 9.6 cm. One small but completely intact papyrus fragment; a few very small tears across the horizontal middle, perhaps suggesting a fold.
Origin Oxyrhynchus
More from Oxyrhynchus
Language Greek
Date V/VI c. CE
More from the period between 400 CE and 599 CE
Note (general) 7 lines written with the fibers
Note (general) Legible Byzantine cursive hand
Note (general) Text runs flush to all four edges
Note (general) 6 nomina sacra: God (l. 1), father (l. 3), lord (l. 3), savior (l. 3), Jesus (l. 4), Christ (l. 4)
Note (general) No script on verso
Note (local/note) Pap. 2, Special Collections, Luce Library, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, N.J.
Subjects papyrus; documentary; prayer
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

APIS Translation (English)

O God almighty, holy, true, and merciful, Creator, Father of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, reveal to me thy truth, whether it be thy will that I go to Chiout, and whether I shall find thee aiding me and gracious. So be it; Amen.