Papyrus 120
{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form = Papyrus
| number = 120
| image = POxy.v0071.n4804.a.01.jpg
| isize =
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| name = P. Oxy. 4804
| sign = {{papyrus|120}}
| text = Gospel of John 1:25-28,38-44
| script = Greek
| date = 4th century
| found = Oxyrhynchus, Egypt
| now at = Sackler Library
| cite = R. Hatzilambrou, P. J. Parsons, J. Chapa The Oxyrhynchus Papyri LXXI (London: 2007), pp. 6-9.
| size = [20.5] x [11] cm
| type = Alexandrian (?)
| cat = none
| hand =
| note =
}}
Papyrus 120, also known as P.Oxy. LXXI 4804, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John in a fragmentary condition, only containing verses 1:25-28 and 1:38-44.{{Cite book | editor-first1=R. | editor-last1=Hatzilambrou | editor-first2=P. J. | editor-last2=Parsons | editor-first3=Juan | editor-last3=Chapa | title=The Oxyrhynchus Papyri | volume=LXXI | pages=6-9 | year=2007 | publisher=Egypt Exploration Society | location=London | isbn=978-0-85698-174-6}}{{Cite book | editor-first1=Lincoln H. | editor-last1=Blumell | editor-first2=Thomas A. | editor-last2=Wayment | title=Christian Oxyrhynchus: Text, Documents, and Sources | pages=174-177 | year=2015 | publisher=Baylor University Press | location=Waco, Texas | isbn=978-1-60258-540-9}} It is designated by the siglum {{papyrus|120}} in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned by the INTF to the 4th century CE.{{Cite web | title=Liste Handschriften: Papyrus 120 | publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research | location=Münster | url=http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php?ObjID=10120 | access-date=13 August 2011}}
Description
The original manuscript was likely a codex (precursor to the modern book) made of papyrus, of which only three pieces from one leaf have survived.{{r|op71|ChrOxy|p1=6|p2=174}} The text is written in one column per page, 27 lines per page, with 27-28 letters per line.{{r|INTF|op71|ChrOxy|p2=6-7|p3=174}} The fragments do evidence the size of the margins of 2-3cm, which based on the 27 lines per pages would give the original codex a size of 11cm x20.5cm, with likely 95 pages in total to contain the Gospel of John.{{r|op71|ChrOxy|p1=7|p2=174}} The copyist was likely a professional scribe, who wrote in a style known as Biblical Majuscule.{{r|op71|ChrOxy|p1=6|p2=174}} The manuscript is currently housed at the Papyrology Rooms of the Sackler Library (shelf number P. Oxy. 4804) at Oxford.{{r|INTF}}
See also
{{Portal|Bible}}
References
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External links
= Images =
- [https://portal.sds.ox.ac.uk/articles/online_resource/P_Oxy_LXXI_4804_Gospel_of_John_I_25-8_33-8_42-4/21180052?file=37555300 High Resolution Digital Images of {{papyrus|120}} online] from the University of Oxford's "P.Oxy: Oxyrhynchus Online"
- [https://manuscripts.csntm.org/manuscript/Group/GA_P120 Digital Images of {{papyrus|120}} online] at the CSNTM
= Official registration =
- [https://www.uni-muenster.de/NTTextforschung/KgLSGII08_02_27.pdf "Continuation of the Manuscript List"] Institute for New Testament Textual Research, University of Münster. Retrieved April 9, 2008
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{{Gospel of John}}
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