Papyrus 124 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓¹²⁴, is a copy of the

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. It is a

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of the

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Description

To the present day survived only pieces from one leaf. The surviving texts of 2 Corinthians are verses 11:1-4; 6–9, they are in a fragmentary condition. The manuscript palaeographically had been assigned to the 6th century (

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). Written in one column per page, 14 lines per page. The Greek text of this codex probably is a representative of the

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. It was published by J. David Thomas in 2008.

Location

The manuscript currently is housed at the Papyrology Rooms of the

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with the shelf number P. Oxy. 4845.

References

External links

Images

P. Oxy. LXXII 4845
from Papyrology at Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online".

Official registration

"Continuation of the Manuscript List"
Institute for New Testament Textual Research,

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