Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 3522

The Papyrus LXX Oxyrhynchus 3522, – is a small fragment of the Greek Septuagint written in papyrus, in scroll form. As one of the manuscripts discovered at Oxyrhynchus it has been catalogued with the number 3522. Palaeographically it has been dated to the 1st century CE. The text agrees with the LXX.

Description

This fragment contains Job 42,11-12.

Version

Peter J. Parsons claim that its text "stands closer to the LXX rather than the literal accurate version of Symmachus."

Tetragrammaton

This manuscript includes the tetragrammaton in paleo-Hebrew. Frank E. Shaw states:

Text

Text according to A. R. Meyer:
κ]αι εθαυμασαν οσα επν ο ???? επαυτον εδαυτω εκαστος αμναδα μι
αν] και τετραχμον χρυσουν
α]σημον ο δε ???? ευλογη
σ]εν τα εσχατα ϊωβ η τα ροσθεν ην δε τα κττα μυριαai ethaumasan osa epn ho ???? epauton edautō ekastos amnada mi
an] kai tetrachmon chrysoun
a]sēmon ho de ???? eulogē
s]en ta eschata Ïōb hē ta rosthen ēn de ta ktta myria thousand sheep…

History

The fragment was published in 1983 by P. J. Parsons in The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. L. Also the fragment is catalogued with number 857 in the list of manuscripts of the Septuagint as the classification of Alfred Rahlfs, also as LDAB 3079.

Location

The manuscript is kept in the Papyrology department of the Sackler library in Oxford as : Papyrology Rooms, Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library, Oxford.