Papyrus 46

Papyrus 46

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A folio from ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$46 containing 2 Corinthians 11:33–12:9. As with other folios of the manuscript, text is lacunose at the bottom.
Name	P. Chester Beatty II; Ann Arbor, Univ. of Michigan, Inv. 6238
Sign	${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$46
Text	Pauline epistles
Date	c. 175–225
Script	Greek
Now at	Dublin, University of Michigan
Cite	Sanders, A Third Century Papyrus Codex of the Epistles of Paul
Size	28 cm by 16 cm
Type	Alexandrian text-type
Category	I
Note	Affinity with Minuscule 1739

Papyrus 46 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), scribal abbreviation ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$⁴⁶, is one of the oldest extant New Testament manuscripts in Greek, written on papyrus, with its 'most probable date' between 175 and 225. Some leaves are part of the Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri, and others are in the University of Michigan Papyrus Collection.

${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$⁴⁶ contains most of the Pauline epistles, though with some folios missing. It contains (in order) "the last eight chapters of Romans; all of Hebrews; virtually all of ; all of Ephesians, Galatians, Philippians, Colossians; and two chapters of 1 Thessalonians. All of the leaves have lost some lines at the bottom through deterioration."