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Papyrus 55

Papyrus 55, signed by 𝔓55, is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John. The surviving texts of John are verses 1:31-33, 35–38.

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Papyrus 𝔓55
New Testament manuscript
Recto John 1:31-33
Recto John 1:31-33
NamePap. Vindobonensis Gr. 26214
TextJohn 1 †
Date6th / 7th century
ScriptGreek
FoundEgypt
Now atÖsterreichische Nationalbibliothek
CiteP. Sanz, Mitteilungen aus der Papyrussammlung der österreichischen Nationalbibliothek in Wien, N.S., IV (Baden: 1946), pp. 58-59.
TypeAlexandrian text-type
CategoryII

Papyrus 55 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by 𝔓55, is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John. The surviving texts of John are verses 1:31-33, 35–38.

The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 6th century or the 7th century.

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.1

Verso John 1:35-38 source ↗

It is currently housed at the Papyrus Collection of the Austrian National Library (Pap. Vindob. G. 26214) in Vienna.12

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Further reading

Further reading

  • Peter Sanz, Mitteilungen aus der Papyrussammlung der österreichischen Nationalbibliothek in Wien, N.S., IV (Baden: 1946), pp. 58–59.