Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 208 + 1781
Papyrus 5 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by siglum 𝔓5, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John dating palaeographically to the early 3rd century. The papyrus is housed in the British Library. It has survived in a very fragmentary condition.
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Name | P. Oxy. 208 |
|---|---|
| Text | John 1; 16; 20 † |
| Date | ~250 |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Oxyrhynchus, Egypt |
| Now at | British Library |
| Cite | Grenfell & Hunt, Oxyrhynchus Papyri II, 1899, pp. 1 ff; XV, pp. 8-12. |
| Size | 12.5 cm by 25 cm |
| Type | Western text-type |
| Category | I |
| Hand | documentary hand |
| Note | close to Codex Sinaiticus |
The text of the manuscript was reconstructed several times. Textually it is very close to Codex Sinaiticus, but with some exceptions.
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