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Papyrus 81

Papyrus 81, designated by 𝔓81, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the First Epistle of Peter. The surviving texts of 1 Peter are verses 2:20-3:1,4-12. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 4th century.Text

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Papyrus 𝔓81
New Testament manuscript
Recto, 1 Peter 3:4-12
Recto, 1 Peter 3:4-12
TextFirst Epistle of Peter 2-3 †
Date4th century
ScriptGreek
FoundEgypt
Now atProperty S. Daris
CiteS. Daris, Un nuovo frammento della prima lettera di Pietro, (Barcelona: 1967), pp. 11-37.
Size22 cm x 12.5 cm
TypeAlexandrian text-type
CategoryII

Papyrus 81 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓81, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the First Epistle of Peter. The surviving texts of 1 Peter are verses 2:20-3:1,4-12. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 4th century.

Text
Verso, 1 Peter 2:20-3:1 source ↗

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

Location

It is currently housed at the Property S. Daris (No. 20) in Trieste.12

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Further reading

Further reading

  • S. Daris, Un nuovo frammento della prima lettera di Pietro, Papyrologica Castroctaviana. Studia et Textus 2 (Barcelona: 1967), pp. 11–37.
  • K. Junack and W. Grunewald, Das Neue Testament auf Papyrus: I Die Katholischen Briefe, Arbeiten zur neutestamentlichen Textforschung VI (Berlin/New York, 1986).