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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 6

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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 6 (P. Oxy. 6) is a fragment of the Acts of Paul and Thecla, written in Greek. It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The fragment is dated to the fifth century. It is housed in the Cambridge University Library. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.[1]

The manuscript was written on papyrus in a form of the codex. The measures of the original leaf were 73 by 67 mm. The fragment containing portions of chapters VIII and IX. The text is written in a small and irregular uncial letters. The text varies from the other known manuscripts.[2]

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  1. ^ P. Oxy. 6 at the Oxyrhynchus Online
  2. ^ Grenfell, B. P.; Hunt, A. S. (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London. pp. 9–10.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainB. P. Grenfell; A. S. Hunt (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund.