Papyrus 132

Papyrus 132 (designated as 𝔓¹³² in the Gregory-Aland numbering system) is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle to the Ephesians. The text survives on a single fragment with four to five lines containing a few letters each of 3:21, 4:1, and 4:2 on one side, and of 4:14,15, and 16 on the other. The manuscript has been assigned paleographically to the third or fourth century.^[1]

Papyrus 132

New Testament manuscript
Name	P. Oxy. 81 5258
Sign	𝔓132
Text	Ephesians 3:21-4:2, 14-16
Date	3rd century
Script	Greek
Found	Oxyrhynchus
Now at	University of Oxford, Sackler Library, Oxford, England
Cite	C.S. Smith, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. 81, no. 5258, Egypt Exploration Society: London, England, 2016.
Size	20 x 13.5 cm
Type	Mixed

Location

𝔓¹³² is housed at the Sackler Library (P. Oxy. 81 5258) at the University of Oxford.^[2]

Textual variants

The text is very fragmented, but several textual variants can nonetheless be identified by reconstructing the text in comparison with other ancient manuscripts of Ephesians, and by utilizing letter-spacing to identify character sequences which are likely missing.

• 3:21 - The character sequence ια εν indicates that the Alexandrian reading και (and), whose presence is directly supported by 𝔓⁴⁶ 01 02 03 04 0278 6 33 81 104* 365 614 1175 1241supp 1739 1881, and indirectly by 06 10 12, is absent in 𝔓¹³².
• 4:15 - According to the reconstruction of Smith, 𝔓¹³² contains the sequence ος εστιν Χς (which is Christ). The usual reading of η κεφαλη ο (the head, the) following ος εστιν, was apparently omitted.

See also

• List of New Testament papyri