P.Oxy. 2073

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Transcription based on: Papathomas, Amphilochios. “Zur byzantinischen Homilie P.Oxy. XVII 2073.” ZPE 161 (2007): 181–186 and consulted against Blumell, Lincoln H., and Thomas A. Wayment. “97. P.Oxy. XVII 2073 Homily.” Pages 350–352 in Christian Oxyrhynchus: Texts, Documents, and Sources. Reprint edition. Waco: Baylor University Press, 2015.

Fragment 1

Notes

• Fragment 1 recto, line 2: Hunt and Papathomas end the line with ρεμβασμo[...], but Blumell and Wayment end with ρεμβασμ[...]. Both Papathomas and Blumell and Wayment acknowledge ρεμβασμoς as the likeliest possibility.
• Fragment 1 recto, line 3: Papathomas suggests αμ[α αμ-φοτεροις] for lines 3–4; Blumell and Wayment leave unrestored.
• Fragment 1 recto, line 4: Papathomas reads ]δουλευων as he understands this to be an allusion to the Sentences of Sextus (574). Blumell and Wayment agree with Hunt and read ]. ου λεγων. Papathomas also suggests [θ(ε)ω] at the line end, again because he sees a parallel with Sentences of Sextus.
• Fragment 1 recto, line 5: See 2Ch 28:9 or 2Esd 19:24. Based on these possible influences, Papathomas suggests [και] at the start of the line, εδωκα[ς αυτ]ους in the middle of the line, and τας [χειρας] at the end of the line. Blumell and Wayment note the possible relation with 2Ch 28:9 or 2Esd 19:24, but do not reconstruct.
• Fragment 1 recto, line 6: Papathomas, again based on influence from 2Ch 28:9 and 2Esd 19:24, begins the line with [αυτων] to complete the allusion in the previous line. Blumell and Wayment mention the suggestion in a note.
• Fragment 1 recto, line 8: Possibly some form of φιλεω.
• Fragment 1 verso, line 11: See Wis 11:19; the quotation runs through the start of reconstructed line 13.
• Fragment 1 verso, line 13: See Sir 25:16; the quotation runs through the end of line 14. Blumell and Wayment note that Sir 25:16 does not read ενοικησαι where the papyrus does in line 14, however, their comment more properly indicates that Rahlfs' edition of the LXX, reflective of the agreement between Sinaiticus and Alexandrinus, does not read ενοικησαι; Swete's edition (a diplomatic reading of Vaticanus) does read ενοικησαι in agreement with the papyrus.
• Fragment 1 verso, line 14: See note on previous line.
• Fragment 1 verso, line 15: See Ps 7:12 [LXX]. Similar phrasing also occurs in 2Ma 1:24.
• Fragment 1 verso, line 18: Papathomas notes a few possible reconstructions influenced by New Testament passages. [Αλεξαν]δρος ο χ[αλκευς] based on 2Ti 4:14 and [κεφαλη παντος αν]δρος ο Χ[ριστος εστιν] based on 1Co 11:3. Blumell and Wayment do not reconstruct. Of Papathomas' two possibilities, the latter seems more probable.