Papyrus 120

Papyrus 120

New Testament manuscript
Name	P. Oxy. 4804
Sign	𝔓120
Text	Gospel of John 1:25-28,38-44
Date	4th century
Script	Greek
Found	Oxyrhynchus, Egypt
Now at	Sackler Library
Cite	R. Hatzilambrou, P. J. Parsons, J. Chapa OP LXXI (London: 2007), pp. 6-9.
Size	[20.5] x [11] cm
Type	Alexandrian (?)
Category	none

Papyrus 120 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓¹²⁰, 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).

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

Location

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

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