Earlier this year, I noted the news that we may have a new candidate for the earliest surviving portion of a codex, P.Hib. 113, a papyrus excavated from the Egyptian town of Hibeh and now kept at the University of Graz. Theresa Zammit Lupi and the team at Graz have now produced a much more detailed study of the papyrus, which is freely available here.

I have not yet had the opportunity to read the paper carefully and think it through, but a quick scan shows that it is well illustrated and promises to make further study of this artifact much more informed. I look forward to the ongoing discussion.