Name P. Amherst 3b Found Egypt 1897 Script Greek language | Date 3rd century Originally published 1900 | |
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Text Epistle to the Hebrews 1 † Now at The Morgan Library & Museum Cite B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, The Amherst Papyri I, (London 1900), pp. 28-31 (P. Amherst 3 b) Similar Papyrus 9, Papyrus 75, Papyrus 66, Papyrus 4, Papyrus 46 | ||
Papyrus 12 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 1033 (in the Soden numbering), designated by siglum
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Description
On the top of the second column another writer has penned Hebrews 1:1 in three lines. It has been written in a small uncial hand. On the verso of this manuscript another writer has penned Genesis 1:1-5 according to Septuaginta.
It has error of itacism (παλε instead of παλαι), the nomina sacra contracted (θς).
The Greek text of this codex probably is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type, but its text is too brief for certainty. Aland placed it in Category I.
It supports textual variant with ημων as in codices
History
The manuscript was discovered in 1897 by Grenfell and Hunt.
It is currently housed at The Morgan Library & Museum (Pap. Gr. 3; P. Amherst 3b) in New York City.