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New Testament papyrus fragment in Greek and Coptic From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Papyrus 2 (𝔓2) is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek and Coptic. It is a papyrus fragment of a copy of the Gospel of John dating to the sixth century. It is currently housed at the Egyptian Museum, Florence (Inv. no. 7134).[1] There is a portion of Luke 7:22-26.50 in Coptic on the reverse of the fragment.
| New Testament manuscript | |
 | |
| Text | John 12:12-15; Luke 7:22-26,50 |
|---|---|
| Date | c. 550 |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | Museo Archeologico, Florence, Inv. Nr. 7134 |
| Cite | E. Pistelli, 'Papiri evangelici', Rivista di Studi Religiosi 6 (1902): 69-70. |
| Size | fragment |
| Type | mixed |
| Category | III |
The fragment appears to be from a lectionary.[2] The text type is a mixed.[3] Aland placed it in Category III.[4]
The name of Jerusalem (usually ιεροσολυμα, Ierosolyma) is given the variant spelling ιερου[σο]λ̣υ̣[μα] (Ierousolyma).
Ermenegildo Pistelli dated the manuscript to the 5th or 6th century; Ernst von Dobschütz to the 6th or 7th century.[5]
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