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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 655
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 655 (P. Oxy. 655) is a papyrus fragment of the logia of Jesus written in Greek. It is one of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri discovered by Grenfell and Hunt between 1897 and 1904 in the Egyptian town of Oxyrhynchus. The fragment is dated to the early 3rd century. It is one of only three Greek manuscripts of the Gospel of Thomas.
Description.
The manuscript was written on papyrus in scroll form. The measurements of the original leaf were 82 mm by 83 mm.
dots across the printed page in an encoded pattern.
Popular culture.
- In the 2006 motion picture "" a microdot was hidden on the back of a postage stamp and contained a magnetically stored video file.
- In "Superman" #655 (Vol. 1, Sep. 2006), Clark Kent uses various microdots implanted throughout a suspense novel to read not only the novel but also numerous other works on various topics. The microdots were used here to further explore Superman's newly enhanced mental capabilities.