Papyrus Fouad 266

Rahlfs 847, 848 and 942
Société Royale de Papyrologie, Cairo
Papyrus Fouad 266 fragment of the Greek text of Deuteronomy 31:28 - 32:7 with the Hebrew tetragrammaton יהוה inserted in smaller letters in the lower part of the middle column
TypeManuscript
Date1st-century BCE
Language(s)Koine Greek
MaterialPapyrus
ConditionFragmented
ContentsBook of Genesis and Deuteronomy
DiscoveredFayum

The Papyrus Fouad 266 (three fragments listed as Rahlfs 847, 848 and 942) are fragments, part of a papyrus manuscript in scroll form containing the Greek translation, known as the Septuagint, of the Pentateuch. They have been assigned palaeographically to the 1st century BCE. There is discussion about whether the text is original or a later recension of the Septuagint.