P.Mich.inv. 6652 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 6652
- Processing Number
- 2910
- Section/Side
- Recto + Verso
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto + Verso
- Connections
- + P.Mich.inv. 6679
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- a: 11.2 x 12.6 cm; b: 12 x 11.8 cm; c: 1 x 0.7 cm; d: 1.4 x 1.7 cm
- Items
- 4
- Lines
- Matthew fr.
- Verso: 20 lines; recto: 19 lines
- Acta
- Verso: 17 lines; recto: 16 lines
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- Dim and tattered papyrus fragments.
- Palaeographic Description
- The order of the text shows that verso precedes recto in each fragment and this relative position is supported in the Acta fragment by the preservation of the right margin on the verso and the left margin on the recto. In the Matthew fragment there is not enough margin preserved on either side for us to distinguish between binding edge and outer edge. This order, verso-recto, implies that each fragment is from the first half of a quire.
- The papyrus of Matthew is thin, of a brown color and smooth surface. The Acta fragment is thicker, has a slightly rougher surface, and its color is grayish brown. The two fragments were not parts of the same double leaf, nor even, as we shall see later, of the same quire, though the whole of one fragment and half of the other came to us as a part of a single purchase, which suggests that they were found together. There are no characteristic differencies in the writing of the two fragments. In the Matthew fragment twenty lines are preserved on the verso and nineteen on the recto. Average number of letters per line is 24 on the verso and 23 on the recto. The figures total approximately the same for the Acta: 25 letters per line on the verso, 26 on the recto.
- The type of writing is a semi-cursive with considerable linking of certain letters. In general the letters are fairly upright and of even size. Phi extends well below the line, and somewhat above. Rho and rarely iota reach below the line. Alpha has a curved loop, except for two cases of the angular form which are enlarged at the beginning of lines. Both forms of kappa occur, but the uncial form is more common and at the beginning of lines it is enlarged. Epsilon regularly reaches well above the following letter. Omicton is of even size except for a couple of enlarged initials. Delta generally forms a ligature with the following letter, thus making the right hand side of the letter incomplete. There is no punctuation by the first hand. There are rather doubtful dots at the ends of lines 13 and 14 of the verso of the Acta. Also, there seem to be two cases of an apostrophe, one after "all" of line 15 of the recto of the Matthew fragment and the other after "oux" of line 18 of the same page. No breathing or accents. Nomina sacra IHS, PRS, PER. One case of correction by a second hand in l. 12 of the Matthew fragment, recto, in slightly paler ink. It is probably contemporary.
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- IIIrd century A.D.
- Origin
- Unknown
- Provenance
- Unknown (Fayum?)
- Acquisition
- purchased from Nahman through H.I. Bell in 1934
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Literary; christian
- Author
- Matthew, Acta Apostlorum
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Matthew; Acts of the Apostles
- Content
- Two leaves of a codex, one preserving Matthew, Gospel xxvi 29-35 and 36-40 and the other Acta Apostolorum ix 34-38 and ix 40- x.1
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2910
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections Quantulacumque. Studies Presented to Kirsopp Lake Sanders HA 1937 151-161 Plates Sanders HA, Quantulacumque. Studies Presented to Kirsopp Lake, 151-161, 1937, Plates
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- Van Haelst 380; Nestle-Aland P53; Aland 106 = NT53; LDAB 2981
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- NL
- Year Begin
- 200
- Year End
- 299
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 4157 x 5220
- File Size
- 3 MB
- Record
- 2910
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2910/6652ar.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 6652; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2910/6652ar.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2025.