Papyrus 81

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Papyrus 𝔓81
New Testament manuscript
TextFirst Epistle of Peter 2-3 †
Date4th century
ScriptGreek
FoundEgypt
Now atProperty S. Daris
CiteS. Daris, Un nuovo frammento della prima lettera di Pietro, (Barcelona: 1967), pp. 11-37.
Size22 cm x 12.5 cm
TypeAlexandrian text-type
CategoryII

Papyrus 81 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓81, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the First Epistle of Peter. The surviving texts of 1 Peter are verses 2:20-3:1,4-12. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 4th century.

Text

The Greek text of this codex probably is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.[1]

Location

It is currently housed at the Property S. Daris (№ 20) in Trieste.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  2. ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 27 August 2011.

Further reading

  • S. Daris, Un nuovo frammento della prima lettera di Pietro, Papyrologica Castroctaviana. Studia et Textus 2 (Barcelona: 1967), pp. 11–37.
  • K. Junack and W. Grunewald, Das Neue Testament auf Papyrus: I Die Katholischen Briefe, Arbeiten zur neutestamentlichen Textforschung VI (Berlin/New York, 1986).