Papyrus 123

New Testament manuscript
Name	P. Oxy. 4844
Sign	𝔓123
Text	1 Corinthians 14:31-34; 15:3-6
Date	4th century
Script	Greek
Found	Oxyrhynchus, Egypt
Now at	Sackler Library
Cite	J. David Thomas
Size	7.5 × 6.5 cm
Type	Alexandrian (?)
Category	-

Papyrus 123 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓¹²³, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the First Epistle to the Corinthians.^[1]

Description

To the present day survived only pieces from one leaf. The surviving texts of 1 Corinthians are verses 14:31-34; 15:3-6, they are in a fragmentary condition. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 4th century (INTF).^[1]

Text

Recto

μα]ν̣θανωσιν κ[αι παντες

παρ]α̣κ̣α̣λ̣ω̣ντ̣[αι και] π̣να προ̣φητων̣ [προφηταις

υ]π̣ο̣τασσεται̣ ο̣υ γαρ εστι[ν α]κ̣ατασ[ιας ο θς

αλλ ειρ]η̣νες οω εν πασαις τα[ις] εκκ̣[λησιας

των αγι]ω̣ν̣ α̣ι̣ γ̣υναικες εν [ταις εκκλησιαις

σιγατωσαν ου γα]ρ̣ επιτρεπ̣[εται αυταις λαλειν

]...[

Verso

υ]μ̣ιν εν π̣ρωτοι̣[ς ο και παρελαβον οτι

χς απεθα]ν̣εν υπερ των α̣[μαρτιων ημων κατα

τας γραφ]α̣ς και ο̣[τ]ι̣ ε̣τ̣α̣φη και̣ [οτι] εγηγε̣ρτα̣[ι τη

ημερα τη τριτ]η̣ κα̣[τα] τ̣ας̣ γραφας κ̣αι οτι ωφ[θη κηφα

ειτα τοις δωδεκα επειτα] ω̣φθη επανω̣ πε̣ν̣[τ]α̣

κοσιοις αδελφοις εφαπαξ ε]ξ̣ ων οι πλ̣[ειονες

μενουσιν εως αρτι τινες δε εκο]ι̣μ[ηθησαν

The Greek text of this codex probably is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. It was published by J. David Thomas in 2008.

Location

The manuscript currently is housed at the Papyrology Rooms of the Sackler Library at Oxford with the shelf number P. Oxy. 4844.^[1]