The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Part 11

1354.

at the top, the leaf was about 28 cm. high, and its breadth may be estimated at about 18 cm. The upright script, large and very heavy, is in the later Byzantine style; similar hands are seen e.g. in the illustrated chronicle edited by Bauer and Strzygowski, Denkschrift der Wiener Akademie li. 204, and the papyrus codex of Cyril of Alexandria, De adoratione On Adoration (New Palaeographical Society, Plate 203). The ink is of the reddish-brown colour common at that period. A high stop is used in line 29 and a paragraphus occurs below line 33, the initial letter of the following paragraph being also enlarged. The usual contractions are found, including that of Son, though this word is once written out (line 6). Textually the fragment is of slight interest.

i. 1 [Paul, a bond-servant] of Jesus Christ, called to be an
[apostle, set apart] for the gospel
2 [of God, which he] promised beforehand through his
5 [prophets] in the holy
3 [scriptures concerning] his Son, who was
[born of the] seed of David according to the
4 [flesh, and was] declared to be the Son of God with
[power, according to the] Spirit of holiness, by the
10 [resurrection from the] dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,
5 [through whom] we received grace
[and apostleship] for the [obedience] of faith
[among all the nations] for the sake of
6 [his name, among whom] you also are
15 7 [called of Jesus Christ] to all who are
[in Rome], beloved of God, called
[to be saints], grace to you and peace
[from God our Father] and our Lord Jesus Christ.
8 [. . . . . . . . . .] to my God through Jesus Christ
20 [for all of] you, that your faith
[is proclaimed] in all the
9 [world]. For my witness is
[the God whom I serve] in my Spirit in the