Text Romans 1-4; 6; 9 † Script Greek | Date 3rd century Found Egypt | |
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Now at University of Heidelberg Cite F. Bilabel, Römerbrieffragmente, VBP IV, (Heidelberg 1924), 28-31 | ||
Papyrus 40 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by
Description
It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle to the Romans, it contains Romans 1:24-27; 1:31-2:3; 3:21-4:8; 6:4-5.16; 9:16-17.27.
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type, rather proto-Alexandrian, Aland named it as "Free text", and placed it in Category I because of its date.
This manuscript is closer to Codex Sinaiticus than to Codex Alexandrinus and Vaticanus.
It is currently housed at the Papyrussammlung der Universität in the University of Heidelberg (Inv. no. 45).