Papyrus Chester Beatty VIII

The Papyrus Chester Beatty VIII (also signed as P.Chest.Beatty VIII, VH 304, Rahlfs 966, LDAB 3084) is a fragment of a septuagint manuscript that contains parts of the biblical Book of Jeremiah.^[1] Palaeographically it has been dated to the late second, early third century CE.^[2]

Description

It was written in codex form on papyrus, in 48 lines per page.^[1] The text contains Jeremiah 4:30–5:1; 5:9–13; 5:13–14; 5:23–24.^[3] Turner dated the manuscript to the fourth century CE.^[1]

This manuscript contains the contraction κς to represent the title κύριος, written in nomina sacra.^[2]

Location

Currently is saved in Dublin, at the Chester Beatty Library.^[3]