Home›Open Questions›Where and how was Rylands Library Papyrus P52 actually found?Open QuestionsWhere and how was Rylands Library Papyrus P52 actually found?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Where and how was Rylands Library Papyrus P52 actually found?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/where-and-how-was-rylands-p52-actually-found.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Where and how was Rylands Library Papyrus P52 actually found?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/where-and-how-was-rylands-p52-actually-foundCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-where-and-how-was-rylands-library-papyru, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Where and how was Rylands Library Papyrus P52 actually found?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/where-and-how-was-rylands-p52-actually-found}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionThe fragment reached the John Rylands Library as part of a purchase of papyri from the Egyptian antiquities market in the early twentieth century, most likely acquired by the papyrologist Bernard Grenfell no later than 1920. No excavation record, findspot, or acquisition documentation naming the seller or the circumstances of discovery survives or was ever published, which is typical for papyri bought on the market rather than professionally excavated.What would resolve this Surviving acquisition correspondence or dealer records from the Rylands Library's early twentieth century papyrus purchases, if any exist and can be located, naming the seller and the material's reported findspot in Egypt.OpenPapyrology, library archival historyC. H. Roberts, An Unpublished Fragment of the Fourth Gospel in the John Rylands LibraryCross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnRylands Library Papyrus P52, Textual Witnesses Well-attested Source An Unpublished Fragment of the Fourth Gospel in the John Rylands LibraryC. H. Robertstier 1SourcesAn Unpublished Fragment of the Fourth Gospel in the John Rylands Librarytier 1C. H. Roberts, Manchester University Press, 1935Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year