Papyrus 55

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Text John 1 † Script Greek		Date 6th / 7th century Found Egypt
Name Pap. Vindobonensis Gr. 26214 Now at Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

Papyrus 55 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by P ⁵⁵, 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.

It is currently housed at the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Pap. Vindob. G. 26214) in Vienna.

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