dec 29, 123 - Earliest Gospel of Mark Fragment
Description:
P137Mark 1: 7-9, 16-18
Found in Oxyrhynchus, Egypt
Heavy controversy as possibly first-century, rumors it was found inside a mummy mask (used as recycled cartonnage for masks and funerary objects). Ethical debates on retrieving ancient text requiring dissolving the cartonnage.
Most scholars date it as a 2-3rd century fragment. Dating is done by comparing handwriting styles.
Added to timeline:
Date:
dec 29, 123
Now
~ 1903 years ago