Papyrus 103

(Referred to Gregory- Aland Sigel 103) 103 Papyrus is an early copy of the Greek New Testament.

Description

It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew contains only the verses from 13.55 to 56; 14.3 to 5. Using palaeography, it has been dated to the 3rd century.

It was probably part with Papyrus 77 to a Code.

Text

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type.

In Matthew 13:55 Jesus' brother has the name Ιωσης instead Ιωσηφ. It is the oldest evidence for this text version.

Place to keep

The manuscript is currently in the Sackler Library at the signature P. Oxy. 4403 preserved at Oxford.