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This is a picture of the oldest fragment of written material we have from the
New Testament.  It's called the "P52" fragment of John 18:31 and following. 
It is dated around 125-150 CE (or A.D.).  That means it is a copy of what was
written some 50 years earlier.  It was found in an Egyptian trash heap around 1920.
What you see is approximately the actual size of the fragment.