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Papyrus 77
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Papyrus 77 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by π77, is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew verses 23:30-39. It is written in Greek and has palaeographically been assigned a date anywhere from the middle 2nd century to the early 3rd century.[1]
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Name | P. Oxy. 2683 and 4405 |
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Text | Matthew 23 β |
Date | 2nd/3rd century |
Script | Greek |
Found | Egypt |
Now at | Sackler Library |
Cite | L. Ingrams, P. Kingston, P. Parsons, and J. Rea, OP XXXIV (1968), pp. 4-6. |
Size | 4.6 cm x 7 cm |
Type | Alexandrian text-type |
Category | I |
According to Comfort, Papyrus 77 together with Papyrus 103 probably belong to the same codex.[2]
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland ascribed it as an βat least normal textβ, and placed it in Category I.[3] π77 has the closest affinity with Codex Sinaiticus.[2]
It is currently housed at the Sackler Library (P. Oxy. 2683) in Oxford.[3][4]