Papyrus 81

New Testament manuscripts
Papyri • Uncials • Minuscules • Lectionaries

Papyrus 81 ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$
text	1 Peter 2-3 †
language	Greek
date	4th century
Found	Egypt
Storage location	S. Daris property
source	S. Daris, Un nuovo frammento della prima lettera di Pietro, (Barcelona: 1967), pp. 11-37.
size	22 cm x 12.5 cm
Type	Alexandrian text type
category	II

Papyrus 81 (named after Gregory-Aland with Sigel ⁸¹ ) is an early Greek copy of the New Testament . This papyrus manuscript contains some parts of the 1st letter of Peter . The remaining text includes verses 1,20-3,1.4-12. It was dated to the 4th century using paleography . ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$

The Greek text of the Codex likely represents the Alexandrian text type . Aland classified him in Category II because of his age .

The manuscript is currently owned by S. Daris (№ 20) in Trieste .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Kurt and Barbara Aland : The text of the New Testament. Introduction to the scientific editions as well as the theory and practice of modern textual criticism . German Bible Society , Stuttgart 1989, p. 111. ISBN 3-438-06011-6

literature

• 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: The New Testament on Papyrus: I The Catholic Letters, Work on New Testament Text Research VI (Berlin / New York, 1986).