London, British Library, Pap. 1531 (P. Oxy. IV 654)

Images: British Library

Other shelfmark(s): none

Physical description: papyrus; 1 leaf; 24 × 7.8 cm.; 1 col.

Language(s): Greek

Date: ca. 200–250

Provenance: Oxyrhynchus

Contents: Gospel of Thomas (portions of opening lines through log. 7)

Additional Contents: recto contains a portion of a survey list of land, which has not been published.

Catalogs:

Grenfell, B. P. and A. S. Hunt, eds. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri IV. London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1908 (pp. 1–22, plate 1).

British Museum. Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the years MDCCCCVI–MDCCCCX. London: British Museum, 1912 (p. 310)

Haelst, J. van. Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens. Université de Paris IV Paris-Sorbonne. Série “Papyrologie” 1. Paris: Publications de la Sorbonnes, 1976 (no. 593, pp. 209–10).

Wayment, Thomas A. The Text of the New Testament Apocrypha (100–400 CE). New York and London: Bloomsbury, 2013 (pp. 171–77, 391–94).

Other online resources: LDAB; “A third century fragment of the Gospel of Thomas” (British Library)

Entry created by Tony Burke, York University ([email protected]), 7 October 2020.