Papyrus 103

Papyrus 103

New Testament manuscript
Name	P. Oxy. 4403
Sign	𝔓103
Text	Gospel of Matthew 13:55-56; 14:3-5
Date	2nd / 3rd century
Script	Greek
Found	Oxyrhynchus, Egypt
Now at	Sackler Library
Cite	J. D. Thomas, OP LXIV (1997), pp. 5-7
Size	[16] x [11] cm
Type	Alexandrian text-type
Category	I

Papyrus 103 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓¹⁰³, is a copy of part of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew.

Description

The surviving texts of Matthew are verses 13:55-56 and 14:3-5: they are in a fragmentary condition. The manuscript has been assigned palaeographically to the late 2nd or early 3rd century.

Probably together with Papyrus 77 it belonged to the same codex.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. According to Comfort it is proto-Alexandrian text.

In Matthew 13:55, the name of Jesus' second brother reads [...]ης so that either Ἰωάννης (John) and Ἰωおめがσしぐまῆς (Joses) are possible original readings.

Ἰωάννης (John) א* D M U Γがんま 2 28 579 1424 Byz^mss vg^mss Origen^pt

Ἰωおめがσしぐまῆς (Joses) K L W Δでるた Πぱい 0106 f¹³ 22 565 1241 1582^mg Byz^mss it^k,qc co^sa,bomss Basil of Caesarea

Ἰωおめがσしぐまῆ (Joses) 118 157 700* 1071 syr^h co^bomss

Ἰωおめがσしぐまὴφふぁい (Joseph) א² B C N Θしーた f¹ 33 700^c 892 lat syr^s,c,hmg mae-1 Codex Schøyen co^bomss Origen^pt

Location

The manuscript is currently housed at the Sackler Library (Papyrology Rooms, P. Oxy. 4403) in Oxford.

See also

• List of New Testament papyri
• Oxyrhynchus Papyri

Further reading

• J. David Thomas, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri LXIV (London: 1997), pp. 5–7.
• Comfort, Philip W.; David P. Barrett (2001). The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts. Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers. pp. 641–644. ISBN 978-0-8423-5265-9.

External links

Images

• P.Oxy.LXIV 4403 from Papyrology at Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online"
• 𝔓¹⁰³ recto and verso

Official registration

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