Papyrus 30, P30

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First Composed: 12 April 2000

Last Updated: 12 April 2000


Name

Papyrus 30 (U. Lib. P. 61), P30

Date

3rd Century CE.

Provenance

Oxyrhynchus, Egypt.

Size

About 8.8 cm. x 6.2 cm. There is one column and about 10-19 lines per page.

It contain parts of two leaves of a codex.

Contents

It contain I Thessalonians 4:12-13,16-17; 5:3, 8-10, 12-18, 25-28; II Thessalonians 1:1-2 (with lacunae).

Textual Character

According to the Alands P30 has a text that is "at least normal" (i.e., somewhere between "normal" and "strict").

Writing

The script is large heavy round uncial of the early biblical type. The words are written without separation. Accents, breathings and punctuation marks are absent.

Location

Univ. Bibliotheek, Ghent, Belgium.


References

[1] B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, XIII, 12 ff. (No. 1598).

[2] W. H. P. Hatch, The Principal Uncial Manuscripts Of The New Testament, 1939, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Plate V.

The New Testament Manuscripts