Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 4 (P. Oxy. 4) is a fragment of a Christian theological work inGreek. It was discovered byGrenfell andHunt in 1897 inOxyrhynchus. The fragment is dated to the early 4th century. It is housed in the library of theUniversity of Cambridge. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.[1]
The manuscript was written onpapyrus 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-sizeduncial letters. On the recto it is written incursive letters. Thenomina sacra are written in an abbreviated way (ΘΣ). It is a theological text,Gnostic in character, concerning the 'upper' and 'lower' soul.[2]
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: B. P. Grenfell; A. S. Hunt (1898).Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund.
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