Gregory-Aland P46 (a.k.a. Ann Arbor, MI, University of Michigan Library, P.Mich.inv 6238) Kurzgefasste Liste description: GA Number: P46 Contents: p Date: c. 200 Material: papyrus Leaves: 86 (56 in Dublin; 30 in Michigan) Columns: 1 Lines per page: 26 32 Dimensions: 27 x 16 cm Shelf Number: Dublin, CBL BP II; Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Inv. Nr. 6238 Corrections to K-Liste description: shelf number CSNTM description: GA Number: P46 LDAB ID: 3011 TM Number: 61855 Contents: p Date: c. 200 1 Material: papyrus Columns: 1 Lines per page: varies Shelf Number: Dublin, CBL BP II; Ann Arbor, Michigan, P.Mich.inv 6238 Dimensions: varies, see plate descriptions Leaves: 30 (60 pages 4 white images and 4 black images) = 240 total images APIS Manuscript and Leaf Description(s): Status: published 2 Library: Ann Arbor Date: 150-250 C.E. Genre: Literary Language: Greek Acquisition: purchased 1930/31 Types of Text: Epistles of Paul 1 INTF lists this MS as c. 200 CE. University of Michigan considers it late second century. 2 Van Haelst, 0497; Aland, Repertorium, I, 0105, NT 46; LDAB 3011; for literature, see K. Aland, Repertorium der griechischen christlichen Papyri (1976), I, pp. 42-44.
Author: St. Paul Paleographic Description 3 : The ink is dark brown and has faded little. There has been little rubbing of the surface, so that almost every letter is still legible. The writing is of the book hand and the letters are carefully formed and well spaced. Sigma has a flattish top, which generally bends downward somewhat; this distinguishes it from a w in the page numbers, which is a regular uncial sigma. Epsilon and theta are rather oval than round, but epsilon usually has the middle stroke somewhat prolonged. Iota is often prolonged below the line, never above. Omicron, especially when initial, is often small though it does not degenerate to a mere dot. All of the other letters tend to be broad, yet without heaviness. In phi the central curve is a pointed oval, so as to give breadth without the appearance of height. The page numbers are made with a different pen, They are larger and coarser, but are probably contemporary. So are the infrequent corrections between the lines written in a smaller, more cursive hand. The reading marks seem later, but the stichometral notes at the ends of Epistles seem contemporary. If the manuscripts were written in a scriptorium for pay, these notes would have been inserted by the business manager when determining the price. There are no line fillers at the end of lines, but a similar mark, probably as a paragraph mark, is used at the end of each epistle. Also the middle stroke of epsilon is sometimes prolonged as if to do duty as a line filler. Similar prolongations of alpha, kappa, and lambda are rare. Smaller letters, sometimes a little crowded, occur rarely at line ends, but there are no ligatures. There are a few cases of punctuation by a single dot in high position. Double dots like a colon occur once, near the end of Romans, after XVI, 27 and before XVI, 1. This may be interpreted as setting off the last chapter of Romans as a separate letter. There are many slight spaces left in the text, often where they serve admirably for punctuation. Some of these spaces are sufficiently large so that one may be sure that the scribe intended them to mark the ends of of paragraphs. Others are so narrow that they may be explained as accidental. There are also reading marks which were inserted by a later hand. These are generally shaped like an acute accent made with a broad-pointed pen, though rarely they are hardly more than dots. In the width and heaviness of stroke, these marks are most similar to the page numbering, but in the MIchigan portion they cannot be by the same hand, as the ink is always paler. They were probably inserted by some later reader for his convenience, when readig in church. This view is somewhat supported by the fact that the reading marks were inserted only in Romans and Hebrews of the preserved parts of the manuscript. These reading marks are very irregularly placed even in the part of the manuscript where they are used. Only one accent occurs, an acute over peras in Hebr. VI, 16. An angular rough breathing generally in the form of half an H occurs nine times. The apostrophe is used six times. Diaeresis seems to be emloyed somewhat irregularly for initial iota and ypsilon; also within a word, the occurrence of diaeresis for iota and ypsilon is irregular. In general, words are divided at line ends so that as many consonants are attached to the following vowels as can be easily pronounced. Yet sometimes compound words are divided at the point of compounding. 3 From APIS.
f. 3553 30 Descriptions 4 (16a) 2. Size: 16 x 22 cm 7. Conservation Status: Complete at the left and at the top, but torn at the bottom. The right side is broken off, and as a result the right hand corners of the sheet are now rounded. 8. Content: Romans XI, 36 - XII, 8 f. 3554 31 Descriptions (16b) 2. Size: 16 x 22 cm 7. Conservation Status: Complete at the left and at the top, but torn at the bottom. The left side is broken off, and as a result the left hand corners of the sheet are now rounded. 8. Content: Romans XII, 10 - XIII,1 f. 3555 32 Descriptions (17a) 2. Size: 15.2 x 22.5 cm 7. Conservation Status: Torn at all sides. 8. Content: Romans XIII, 2 - XIII, 11 f. 3556 33 Descriptions (17b) 2. Size: 15.2 x 22.5 cm 7. Conservation Status: Torn at all sides. 8. Content: Romans XIII, 12 - XIV, 8 f. 3557 36 Descriptions (19) 2. Size: 14.9 x 22.9 cm 4 Processing number Section category in APIS.
7. Conservation Status: Torn at all sides. A number of holes in the left margin are still visible, some of them for the string which originally was used for binding the sheets of the codex together. 8. Content: Romans XV, 11 - XV, 19 f. 3558 37 Descriptions (19) 2. Size: 14.9 x 22.9 cm 4. Lines: 1 29 7. Conservation Status: Torn at all sides. A number of holes in the right margin are still visible, some of them for the string which originally was used for binding the sheets of the codex together. 8. Content: Romans XV, 20 - XV, 28 f. 3559 38 Descriptions (20a) 2. Size: 15.8 x 22.5 cm 4. Lines: 1 29 7. Conservation Status: This sheet is torn on all sides except at the left, where the papyrus has been cut off regularly. Holes for the string preserved in the left margin. 8. Content: Romans XV, 29 - XVI, 3 f. 3560 39 Descriptions (20b) 2. Size: 15.8 x 22.5 cm 7. Conservation Status: This sheet is torn on all sides except at the right, where the papyrus has been cut off regularly. Holes for the string preserved in the right margin. 8. Content: Romans XVI, 4-13 f. 3561 42 Descriptions (22a) 2. Size: 15 x 22.9 cm
7. Conservation Status: This sheet is broken on all sides. 8. Content: Hebrews I, 7 II, 3 f. 3562 44 Descriptions (23b) 2. Size: 14.8 x 22.6 cm 7. Conservation Status: This sheet is broken on all sides. 8. Content: Hebrews II, 11 - III, 3 f. 3564 43 Descriptions (22b) 2. Size: 15 x 22.9 cm 7. Conservation Status: This sheet is broken on all sides. 8. Content: Hebrews II, 3 - II, 11 f. 3565 45 Descriptions (23a) 2. Size: 14.8 x 22.6 cm 7. Conservation Status: This sheet is broken on all sides. 8. Content: Hebrews III, 3 - III,13 f. 3569 40 Descriptions (21a) 2. Size: 15.3 x 22.7 cm 7. Conservation Status: Torn on all sides. 8. Content: Romans, XVI, 14 - XVI, 23 f. 3570 41 Descriptions (21b) 2. Size: 15.3 x 22.7 cm
7. Conservation Status: Torn on all sides. 8. Content: Romans XVI, 23 - Hebrews I, 7 f. 3571 46 Descriptions (24a) 2. Size: 15 x 22.9 cm 7. Conservation Status: Broken at all sides. 8. Content: Hebrews, III, 13 - IV,4 f. 3572 47 Descriptions (24b) 2. Size: 15 x 22.9 cm 7. Conservation Status: Broken at all sides. 8. Content: Hebrews, IV, 4 - IV, 14 f. 3573 48 Descriptions (25a) 2. Size: 15.3 x 23 cm 7. Conservation Status: Cut off to the left. Holes for the string have remained in the left margin. 8. Content: Hebrews, IV, 14 - V, 7. f. 3574 49 Descriptions (25b) 2. Size: 15.3 x 23 cm 7. Conservation Status: Cut off to the right. Holes for the string have remained in the right margin. 8. Content: Hebrews, V, 8 - VI, 4 f. 3575 50 Descriptions 2. Size: 15.2 x 22.8 cm 4. Lines: 1 24
7. Conservation Status: Cut off to the left. Holes for the string have remained in the left margin. 8. Content: Hebrews, VI, 4 - VI, 13 f. 3576 51 Descriptions (26b) 2. Size: 15.2 x 22.8 cm 4. Lines: 1 24 7. Conservation Status: Cut off to the right. Holes for the string have remained in the right margin. 8. Content: Hebrews, VI, 13 - VII, 2 f. 3577 52 Descriptions (27a) 2. Size: 15.2 x 22.9 cm 7. Conservation Status: Cut off to the left and at the lower right hand corner. Holes for the string have remained in the left margin. 8. Content: Hebrews, VII, 2 - VII, 11 f. 3578 53 Descriptions (27b) 2. Size: 15.2 x 22.9 cm 7. Conservation Status: Cut off to the right and at the lower right hand corner. Holes for the string have remained in the right margin. 8. Content: Hebrews, VII, 11 - VII, 20 f. 3579 54 Descriptions (28a) 2. Size: 15.7 x 22.3 cm 4. Lines: 1 24 7. Conservation Status: Cut off at the left and at the top 8. Content: Hebrews, VII, 20 - VII, 28 f. 3580 55 Descriptions (28b) 2. Size: 15.7 x 22.3 cm
7. Conservation Status: Cut off at the right and at the top 8. Content: Hebrews, VII, 28 - VIII, 8 f. 3581 58 Descriptions (30a) 2. Size: 14.8 x 22.9 cm 4. Lines: 1 24 7. Conservation Status: Cut off at the left and at the top. 8. Content: Hebrews, IX, 10 - IX, 16 f. 3582 59 Descriptions (30b) 2. Size: 14.8 x 22.9 cm 7. Conservation Status: Cut off at the right and at the top. 8. Content: Hebrews, IX, 18 - IX, 26 f. 3583 78 Descriptions (40a) 2. Size: 14 x 22.7 cm 7. Conservation Status: Cut off at all sides, but broken off in the lower left corner. Two kolleseis are visible, one near the left margin and one near the right margin. 8. Content: I Corinthians, II, 3 - II, 11. f. 3584 79 Descriptions (40b) 2. Size: 14 x 22.7 cm 7. Conservation Status: Cut off at all sides, but broken off in the lower left corner. Two kolleseis are visible, one near the left margin and one near the right margin. 8. Content: I Corinthians, II, 11 - III, 5
f. 3585 136 Descriptions (70a) 2. Size: 14.8 x 22 cm 7. Conservation Status: Cut off at the left and at the top; right side and bottom of sheet are broken away. 8. Content: II Corinthians IX, 7 - X, 1. f. 3586 137 Descriptions (70b) 9. Pub/Side: Verso 10. Size: 14.8 x 22 cm 11. Items: 1 12. Lines: 1 27 13. Mounted: yes 14. Negative: yes 15. Conservation Status: Cut off at the right and at the top; left side and bottom of sheet are broken away. 16. Content: II Corinthians X, 1 - X, 11. f. 3587 138 Descriptions (71a) 2. Size: 14.8 x 22.6 cm 7. Conservation Status: Cut off at the left and at the top; right side and bottom of sheet are broken away. 8. Content: II Corinthians X, 11 - XI, 2 f. 3588 139 Descriptions (71b) 9. Pub/Side: Verso 10. Size: 14.8 x 22.6 cm 11. Items: 1 12. Lines: 1 25 13. Mounted: yes 14. Negative: yes 15. Conservation Status: Cut off at the right and at the top; left side and bottom of sheet are broken away. 16. Content: II Corinthians XI, 3 - XI, 10 f. 3589 140 Descriptions (72a) 2. Size: 14.6 x 22.4 cm
7. Conservation Status: Cut off at the left and at the top; right side and bottom of the sheet are broken away. Holes for a string remain in the left margin. 8. Content: II Corinthians XI, 12 - XI, 22 f. 3590 141 Descriptions (72b) 2. Size: 14.6 x 22.4 cm 7. Conservation Status: Cut off at the right and at the top; left side and bottom of the sheet are broken away. Holes for a string remain in the left margin. 8. Content: II Corinthians XI, 23 - XI, 33 f. 3591 142 Descriptions (73a) 2. Size: 14.9 x 21.7 cm 7. Conservation Status: The sheet is rather irregularly cut off at the left and at the top; at other sides it has broken off. 8. Content: II Corinthians XI, 33 - XII, 9 f. 3592 143 Descriptions (73b) 2. Size: 14.9 x 21.7 cm 7. Conservation Status: The sheet is rather irregularly cut off at the right and at the top; at other sides it has broken off. 8. Content: II Corinthians XII, 10 - XII, 18 f. 3593 144 Descriptions (74a) 2. Size: 14.8 x 21.9 cm 7. Conservation Status: The sheet is regularly cut at the left and at the top but broken off at all other sides. 8. Content: II Corinthians XII, 18 - XIII, 5 f. 3594 145 Descriptions (74b)
2. Size: 14.8 x 21.9 cm 4. Lines: 1 24 7. Conservation Status: The sheet is regularly cut at the left and at the top but broken off at all other sides. 8. Content: II Corinthians XIII, 5-13 f. 3595 146 Descriptions (75a) 2. Size: 15.1 x 21.2 cm 7. Conservation Status: The sheet is rather regularly cut on all sides except at the bottom where it has broken off. 8. Content: Ephesians I, 1 - I, 11 f. 3599 147 Descriptions (75b) 2. Size: 15.1 x 21.2 cm 7. Conservation Status: The sheet is rather regularly cut on all sides except at the bottom where it has broken off. 8. Content: Ephesians I, 12 - I, 20 f. 3600 148 Descriptions (76a) 2. Size: 15.5 x 22.2 cm 7. Conservation Status: The sheet has been rather regularly cut at the left and at the top, but it is broken away at the right and at the bottom. 8. Content: Ephesians I, 21 - II, 7 f. 3601 149 Descriptions (76b) 2. Size: 15.5 x 22.2 cm
7. Conservation Status: The sheet has been rather regularly cut at the right and at the top, but it is broken away at the left and at the bottom. 8. Content: Ephesians II, 10 - II, 20 f. 3602 150 Descriptions (77a) 2. Size: 15.2 x 22.3 cm 7. Conservation Status: Regularly cut off at the left and, to some extent, at the top. 8. Content: Ephesians II, 21 - III, 10 f. 3603 151 Descriptions (77b) 2. Size: 15.2 x 22.3 cm 7. Conservation Status: Regularly cut off at the right and, to some extent, at the top. 8. Content: Ephesians III, 11 - IV, 1 f. 3604 152 Descriptions (78a) 2. Size: 15.1 x 22.4 cm 7. Conservation Status: Regularly cut off at the right whereas papyrus has broken off at the other sides. In the left margin one hole for a string remains. 8. Content: Ephesians IV, 2 - IV, 14 f. 3606 153 Descriptions (78b) 2. Size: 15.1 x 22.4 cm 4. Lines: 1 28 7. Conservation Status: Regularly cut off at the right whereas papyrus has broken off at the other sides. In the right margin one hole for a string remains. 8. Content: Ephesians IV, 15 - IV, 25 f. 3607 154 Descriptions (79a) 2. Size: 15.2 x 22.2 cm
7. Conservation Status: Rather regularly cut off to the left. 8. Content: Ephesians IV, 26 - IV, 6 f. 3608 155 Descriptions (79b) 2. Size: 15.2 x 22.2 cm 4. Lines: 1 28 7. Conservation Status: Rather regularly cut off to the right. 8. Content: Ephesians V, 8 - V, 25 f. 3609 156 Descriptions (80a) 2. Size: 15.2 x 21.5 cm 7. Conservation Status: Rather regularly cut off to the left. 8. Content: Ephesians V, 26 - VI, 6 f. 3610 157 Descriptions (80b) 2. Size: 15.2 x 21.5 cm 4. Lines: 1 28 7. Conservation Status: Rather regularly cut off to the right. 8. Content: Ephesians VI, 8 - VI, 18 f. 3611 158 Descriptions (81a) 2. Size: 14.6 x 22.3 cm 7. Conservation Status: Rather regularly cut off to the left. 8. Content: Ephesians VI, 20 - Galatians I, 8 f. 3612 159 Descriptions (81b) 2. Size: 14.6 x 22.3 cm
7. Conservation Status: Rather regularly cut off to the right. 8. Content: Galatians I, 10 - I, 22 f. 3613 160 Descriptions (82a) 2. Size: 15 x 21.7 cm 7. Conservation Status: Rather regularly cut off to the left. 8. Content: Galatians I, 23 - II, 9 f. 3614 161 Descriptions (82b) 2. Size: 15 x 21.7 cm 4. Lines: 1 28 7. Conservation Status: Rather regularly cut off to the right. 8. Content: Galatians II, 12 - II, 21 f. 3615 162 Descriptions (83a) 2. Size: 15.1 x 21.5 cm 7. Conservation Status: Rather regularly cut off to the right. 8. Content: Galatians III, 2 - III, 15 f. 3616 163 Descriptions (83b) 2. Size: 15.1 x 21.5 cm 7. Conservation Status: Rather regularly cut off to the right. 8. Content: Galatians III, 16 - III, 29 f. 3617 164 Descriptions (84a) 2. Size: 15.1 x 21.7 cm
7. Conservation Status: Rather regularly cut off to the left. 8. Content: Galatians IV, 2 - IV, 17 f. 3618 165 Descriptions (84b) 2. Size: 15.1 x 21.7 cm 7. Conservation Status: Rather regularly cut off to the right. 8. Content: Galatians IV, 20 - V, 1 f. 3619 166 Descriptions (85a) 2. Size: 15.5 x 21.6 cm 7. Conservation Status: Rather regularly cut off to the left. 8. Content: Galatians V, 2 - V, 17 f. 3620 167 Descriptions (85b) 2. Size: 15.5 x 21.6 cm 7. Conservation Status: Rather regularly cut off to the left. 8. Content: Galatians V, 20 - VI, 8 23 July 2014: dbw & rdm