Papyrus 120 Explained

Papyrus 120 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by ¹²⁰, is an early copy of a small part of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John. The surviving texts of John are verses 1:25-28,38-44, they are in a fragmentary condition. The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to the 4th century (INTF).^[1]

The text is written in one column per page, and 27 lines per page (reconstructed).^[1]

Location The manuscript is currently housed at the Papyrology Rooms of the Sackler Library at Oxford with the shelf number P. Oxy. 4804.^[1]

See also

• List of New Testament papyri
• Oxyrhynchus Papyri

Further reading

• R. Hatzilambrou, P. J. Parsons, J. Chapa The Oxyrhynchus Papyri LXXI (London: 2007), pp. 6–9.

External links

Images

• P.Oxy.LXIV 4804 from Papyrology at Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online"

Official registration

• "Continuation of the Manuscript List" Institute for New Testament Textual Research, University of Münster. Retrieved April 9, 2008

Notes and References

1. Web site: Liste Handschriften. Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 15 August 2011. Münster.