Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 4443

4443, TM 61923, LDAB 3080, Rahlfs 0996) is a fragment of a Septuagint manuscript (LXX) written on papyrus in scroll form.

[6] A remarkable feature of the Greek Book of Ester, is that it has written the word θεός uncontracted,[7] in Greek apocryphal additions,[8][9] in which the word θεός (אֱלהִים) is not found in the Book of Esther of the Hebrew Bible (e.g. masoretic text).

[12][13][14] The text of the fragment consists mainly of a letter of Ahasuerus that Jerome moved to form chapter 16:1–24 of the Vulgate.

[15] According to Richard H. Hiers addition E "makes much pious reference to the power and justice of God".

[4] Currently the manuscript is kept in Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms P. Oxy.