Papyrus P²⁴

Name	P. Oxy. 1230
Text	Revelation 5-6 †
Date	250 C.E.
Script	Greek
Found	Egypt
Now at	Franklin Trask Library Andover Newton Theological School
Cite	B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrhynchus Papyri X, (London, 1914), pp. 18-19
Size	[19 by 28 cm]
Type	Alexandrian text-type
Category	I

Papyrus 24 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by siglum 𝔓²⁴, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Book of Revelation, it contains only Revelation 5:5-8; 6:5-8. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the early 250 C.E.

Description

Originally, it was written on a large leaf (approximately 19 by 28 cm). It is the earliest manuscript that has survived to the present day, with the text of Rev. 5–6. It uses the letter Ζ for επτα (seven).

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type (rather proto-Alexandrian). Aland placed it in Category I. This manuscript exhibits textual agreement with Papyrus 18, Papyrus 47, and Codex Sinaiticus, but the surviving fragment is too small to determine its overall textual affinities.

It is currently housed at the Franklin Trask Library Andover Newton Theological School (OP 1230) in Newton, Massachusetts.

[recto]
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5

5ι]δ̣ο̣υ̣ ε̣ν̣[ικησεν
δαυ]ειδʼ αν[οιξαι
αυτ]ου 6κ[α]ι ειδον εν̣ [μεσω
ζωω]ν και εν μεσω των πρ[εσβυτερων
ω]ς εσφαγμενον εχων κερ[ατα
εισιν] τα ζ̅ π̅ν̅α̅ του θ̅υ̅ απεστεα[λμενοι❏
7ηλ]θεν και ειληφεν εκ της δ[εξιας
8οτ]ε ελα[βεν
[location of lower margin is uncertain]
[5:8–6:5 missing]

[verso]
[location of upper margin is uncertain]

6

5ο] καθημ[ενος
6κ]αι ηκουσ[α
χοι]νιξ σιτου δηναριου κ[αι
δην]αριου και το ελεον και το[ν
7και] οτε ηνεωξεν* την σφραγ[ιδα
ηκο]υσα φωνην του τεταρτ[ου
8και] ε̣ι̣δ̣[ον
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