Papyrus 83

New Testament manuscripts
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Papyrus 83 ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$
text	Matthew 20; 23-24 †
language	Greek
date	6th century
Found	Egypt
Storage location	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
source	Lakmann, Marie-Luise (ed.), Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses 85 (2009), pp. 467-470
size	28 cm × 21.5 cm
Type	mixed
category	III

Papyrus 83 (named after Gregory-Aland with Sigel ⁸³ ) is an early Greek copy of the New Testament . This papyrus manuscript contains parts of the Gospel of Matthew . There are only verses 20,23-25,30-31; 23.39-24.1.6 have been preserved. It was dated to the 6th century using paleography . The manuscript was found in Khirbet Mird in Palestine. The Greek text is likely mixed. Aland placed him in Category III because of his age . ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$

The manuscript is kept in the library of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven under the shelfmarks PAM Khirbet Mird 16 and PAM Khirbet Mird 27 in Leuven . The writing was washed off by water damage, but could be published thanks to old photos.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 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
2. ↑ Leuven Database
3. ^ [1] Database of the Institute for New Testament Research Münster

See also

• List of New Testament papyri
• Papyrus 84