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Papyrus 61

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Text
  
Pauline epistles †

Script
  
Greek

Date
  
7th century

Found
  
Nessana, Palestina

Now at
  
The Morgan Library & Museum

Cite
  
L. Casson, and E.L. Hettich, Excavations at Nessana II, Literary Papyri (Princeton: 1946), pp. 112-122.

Papyrus 61 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by P 61, 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 8th century.

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; 1 Thess 1:2-3; Tit 3:1-5.8-11.14-15; Philem. 4-7;

Text

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

Location

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

References

Papyrus 61 Wikipedia
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