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Papyrus 61

Papyrus 61, signed by 𝔓61, is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Pauline epistles. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 7th to 8th century.Contents

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Jul 26, 2026
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Length
300 w
Citations
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Source
Papyrus 𝔓61
New Testament manuscript
Fragments1-4 verso, 1Cor 5:1-3,5-6; Col 4:15; Phil 3:5-9; Rom 16:23,25-27; Col 1:9-13-1
Fragments1-4 verso, 1Cor 5:1-3,5-6; Col 4:15; Phil 3:5-9; Rom 16:23,25-27; Col 1:9-13-1
TextPauline epistles
Datec. 600-700
ScriptGreek
FoundNessana, Palestina
Now atThe Morgan Library & Museum
CiteL. Casson, and E.L. Hettich, Excavations at Nessana II, Literary Papyri (Princeton: 1946), pp. 112-122.
Size25 cm x 17 cm
TypeAlexandrian text-type
CategoryII

Papyrus 61 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by 𝔓61, is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Pauline epistles. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 7th to 8th century.12

Contents

Ro 16:23-27; 1 Cor 1:1-2.4-6; 5:1-3.5-6.9-13; Philip 3:5-9.12-16; Col 1:3-7.1:9-13;4:15; 1 Thes 1:2-3; Titus 3:1-5; 3:8-11; 3:14-15; Philemon 1:4-7.

Text

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

Location

It is currently housed at the Morgan Library & Museum (P. Colt 5) in New York City.13

See also

See also

References

References

  1. Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  2. "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
  3. "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
Further reading

Further reading

  • L. Casson, and E. L. Hettich, Excavations at Nessana II, Literary Papyri (Princeton: 1946), pp. 112–122.
  • G. Cavallo, Pap. Flor. 36 (2005), p. 197
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