Papyrus Oxyrhynchus L 3525

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus L 3525 is a copy of the apocryphal Gospel of Mary in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript in roll form. The manuscript has been assigned by the paleography of the third century. It is one of three manuscripts and one obtained from two Greek manuscripts of the Gospel of Mary. It is shorter than the papyrus 463

Description

Only a small fragment of a single sheet (probably from a roll ) outlasted the time. The fragment is broken on all sides and includes the material that has been handed down on the Coptic manuscript in 9.1-10.10. The reconstruction of the missing parts (especially the beginnings and ends of lines) is not an easy task and one has to rely on the Coptic text. There are several differences between the Greek fragment and the Coptic text.

It was written in about 50 letters per line. The Nomina sacra are written in an abbreviated form. The manuscript was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The text was edited by P. J. Parsons. Today, the manuscript is in the papyrology spaces ( papyrology Rooms) of the Sackler Library in Oxford with the shelf number P. Oxy. L 3525 to find.