Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 846
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus VI 846 (No. 906 after Rahlfs ) is a fragment of a papyrus codex from the 6th century. It contains parts from the Book of Amos 2, 6–12 in Greek . The fragment is approximately 16.4 × 12.6 cm, parts of the upper and inner margins have been preserved, and is inscribed with large uncials .
It was found at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt and examined by papyrologists Bernard Pyne Grenfell and Arthur Surridge Hunt in 1902/1903 . Since 1909 it has been in the Museum of Archeology and Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia with the signature P. inv.E 3074.
Text editions
- Bernard Pyne Grenfell , Arthur Surridge Hunt : Oxyrhynchus Papyri . Volume VI. Egypt Exploration Fund, London 1908, pp. 3-4 ( online ).
- Robert A. Kraft: P. Oxy. VI 846 (Amos 2, Old Greek) Reconsidered . In: Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists , Volume 16, 1979, pp. 201-204. ( online )
literature
- Alfred Rahlfs , Detlef Fraenkel: Directory of the Greek manuscripts of the Old Testament. Volume I, 1: The tradition up to the 8th century (= Septuagint. Vetus Testamentum Graecum. Supplementum ). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2003, p. 293. ISBN 3-11-017676-9
- Kurt Aland : Repertory of the Greek Christian Papyri I. Biblical Papyri: Old Testament, New Testament, Varia, Apocrypha (= Patristic Texts and Studies 18). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1975, AT 111. ISBN 3-11-004674-1
Web links
- Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 6.846 on papyri.info
- Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 846 on trismegistos.org