Papyrus Oxyrhynchus XLII 3035

Infobox manuscripts

Papyrus P. Oxy. XLII 3035
Surname	Papyrus Oxyrhynchus XLII 3035
signature	P. Oxy. XLII 3035
text
language	Ancient Greek
date	February 28, 0256
Provenance	Oxyrhynchos
Storage location	Ashmolean Museum , Sackler Library
note	early evidence for the word "Christ"

The Papyrus Oxyrhynchus XLII 3035 (also P. Oxy. XLII 3035 or P. Oxy. 3035 ) is a document with an arrest warrant for a Christian dated February 28, 256, which was issued by the Roman authorities. The papyrus is one of the Oxyrhynchus papyri , which were found by archaeologists in an ancient garbage dump near the historic site of Oxyrhynchos in Egypt towards the end of the 19th century . P. Oxy. XLII 3035 contains one of the oldest recorded uses of the word Christ on papyrus. The papyrus is dated to the 3rd Phamenoth in the 3rd year of the emperors Valerian and Gallienus and thus one of the few fragments dated exactly to the day.

text

1	π (αρὰ) τοῦ πρυτάνεως	From the governor
2	κωμάρχαις καὶ ἐπιστάταις εἰρήνης	to the princes and police officers
3	κώμης Μερμέρθων. ἐξαυτῆς ἀνα-	of the village of Mermerton. Send immediately
4th	πέμψατε Πετοσαρᾶπιν Ὥρου χρισ <τ> ι-	det up Petosarapis, (son) of Horus, a Christian,
5	ανὸν, ἢ ὑμεῖς αὐτοὶ ἀνέλθατε.	or you can come up yourself.
6th	(ἔτους) 3 Οὐαλεριανοῦ καὶ Γαλλιηνοῦ Σεβαστῶν	During the third year the Emperors Valerian and Gallienus
7th	Φαμενὼθ 3.	Phamenoth 3.

literature

• The Oxyrhynchus Papyri vol. XLII, ed. by PJ Parsons, Oxford 1974

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 'P. Oxy. 3035 ' at Papyri.info

Web links

• 'P.Oxy. XLII 3035 '. Oxyrhynchus Papyri Project . Oxford University.