Papyrus 103

Papyrus 103 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓103, is a copy of part of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew.

Description
The surviving texts of Matthew are verses 13:55-56 and 14:3-5: they are in a fragmentary condition. The manuscript has been assigned palaeographically to the late 2nd or early 3rd century.

Probably together with Papyrus 77 it belonged to the same codex.

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. According to Comfort it is proto-Alexandrian text.
 * Text

In Matthew 13:55, the name of Jesus' second brother reads [...]ης so that either Ἰωάννης (John) and Ἰωσῆς (Joses) are possible original readings.
 * Ἰωάννης (John) א* D M U Γ 2 28 579 1424 Byzmss vgmss Origenpt
 * Ἰωσῆς (Joses) K L W Δ Π 0106 f13 22 565 1241 1582mg Byzmss itk,q c cosa,bo mss Basil of Caesarea
 * Ἰωσῆ (Joses) 118 157 700* 1071 syrh cobo mss
 * Ἰωσὴφ (Joseph) א2 B C N Θ f1 33 700c 892 lat syrs,c,h mg mae-1 Codex Schøyen cobo mss Origenpt

The manuscript is currently housed at the Sackler Library (Papyrology Rooms, P. Oxy. 4403) in Oxford.
 * Location

Images

 * P.Oxy.LXIV 4403 from Papyrology at Oxford's "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online"
 * 𝔓103 recto and verso

Official registration

 * "Continuation of the Manuscript List" Institute for New Testament Textual Research, University of Münster. Retrieved April 9, 2008