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| Name | P. Oxy. 1228 |
|---|---|
| Text | John 15-16 † |
| Date | 3rd century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | Glasgow University Library |
| Cite | B. P. Grenfell &A. S. Hunt,Oxyrynchus Papyri X, (London 1914), pp. 14-16 |
| Size | 18.5 x 5 cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | I |
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Papyrus 22 is an early copy of theNew Testament inGreek. It is designated by𝔓22 (in theGregory-Åland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), and is apapyrusmanuscript containing text from theGospel of John. Using the study of comparative writings styles, (palaeography), the manuscript has been dated to the early 3rd century CE.[1] It is the only identified New Testament papyrus to have been written originally as a roll; not acodex or re-using the back of a scroll.
The original manuscript was likely a roll, and currently only has extant John 15:25-16:2, 21–32. The text is written in two consecutive columns, with the reverse side of the roll being blank.[2] The manuscript employs conventionalNomina Sacra:ΠΣΠΝΑΠΡΣΠΡΑΙΗΣΑΝΟΣ. The text contains no punctuation marks.[3]
The Greek text of this codex is considered a representative of theAlexandrian text-type.Åland described it as a normal text and placed it inCategory I.[1] This manuscript displays an independent text.[2] Coincidences with theCodex Sinaiticus are frequent, but divergences are noticeable.[3] There are no singular readings.[4] According to Reverend Ellwood Schofield, the papyrus "rather represents the eclecticism of the early papyri before the crystallizing of the textual families had taken place."[2][5]
The papyrus was found inOxyrhynchus,Egypt, and was originally published by PapyrologistsBernard Grenfell andArthur Hunt in the Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Volume 10, designated as P. Oxy. 1228.[5][2] To determine its palaeographical dating, Grenfell and Hunt compared the graphical writing style to P. Oxy 654, which according to papyrologistPhilip Comfort "can be dated confidently to the mid-third century."[3][2] Comfort states that though the writing style of𝔓22 is "a bit heavier", it should be dated to the same time period.[2] It is currently housed at theGlasgow University Library (MS Gen 1026) inGlasgow.[1][6]
