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Papyrus 97

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Name
  
P. Chester Beatty XVII

Date
  
ca. 600

Now at
  
Chester Beatty Library

Text
  
Luke 14 †

Script
  
Greek

Sign
  
P {displaystyle {mathfrak {P}}}

Papyrus 97 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by P 97, is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Luke. The manuscript has survived in a fragmentary condition.

Description

The surviving texts of Luke are only verses 14:7-14. The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to the 6th century (or 7th century).

Text

The Greek text of this manuscript is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. It is not placed in any of Aland's Categories.

Location

The manuscript is currently housed at the Chester Beatty Library (P. Chester Beatty XVII) at Dublin.

References

Papyrus 97 Wikipedia
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