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Papyrus 1

early copy of part of the Gospel of Matthew in Greek
VisualArtwork manuscript Q1627549

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
manuscript, literary fragment[3]
Inception
300[14]
Country
United States[2]
Language of work or name
New Testament Greek[13]
Publication date
1898[16]
Location
Philadelphia[11]
Part of
Oxyrhynchus Papyri[12]
Collection
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology[8]
Copyright status
public domain, public domain[21][22]
Editor
Bernard Pyne Grenfell, Arthur Surridge Hunt[4][5]
Exemplar of
Matthew 1[20]
Has characteristic
Alexandrian text-type[19]
Inventory number
E 2746, P. Oxy. I 2[9][10]
Location of discovery
Oxyrhynchus[7]
Made from material
papyrus[6]
Published in
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri Part 1, Oxyrhynchus Papyri[17][18]
Time of discovery or invention
1896[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Papyrus 1 en P1 ar بردية 1 de P1 es Papiro 1 es Papiro Oxirrinco 2 id Papirus 1 ja パピルス1 pt Papyrus 1 ru Папирус 1 tr 1. papirüs tr 1. Papirüs tr P1 tr Papirüs 1 uk Папірус 1
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Papyrus 1 - recto.jpg ↗
BabelNet ID
00149929n
Freebase ID
/m/02q86wv
Gregory-Aland-Number
P1
Work available at URL
www.trismegistos.org

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Copyright status 2
public domain, public domain
Editor 2
Bernard Pyne Grenfell, Arthur Surridge Hunt
Instance of 2
manuscript, literary fragment
Collection 1
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Exemplar of 1
Gospel of Matthew
Language of work or name 1
Ancient Greek
Location 1
Philadelphia
Location of discovery 1
Oxyrhynchus
Made from material 1
papyrus
Part of 1
Oxyrhynchus Papyri
Published in 1
Oxyrhynchus Papyri
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Papyrus 1 is a manuscript[1].

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  1. 9w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Image of front side → Philadelphia, Penn Museum Ms Papyrus 1 (E2746) recto Matthew
    Inception → +0300-00-00T00:00:00Z
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    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/51422|batch #51422]]: because of P276 (excluded paintings)"
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