Papyrus 125, designated by (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is an early copy of the

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. It is a

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of the

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. Using the study of comparative writing styles (

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), the manuscripts has been dated by the

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to the 3rd or 4th century.

Description

Only pieces from one leaf of the codex have survived to the present day. The papyrus is in a fragmentary condition, having extant only 1 Peter 1:23-25; 2:1-4. The text is written in one column per page, 30 lines per page. The Greek text of this codex is probably a representative of the

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. It was published by

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in 2009.

Location

The manuscript is currently housed in the Papyrology Rooms of the

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with the shelf number P. Oxy. 4934.

References

External links

General Info

Leuven Database of Ancient Books Entry
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Images

P.Oxy.LXXII 4934
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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