New Testament manuscript |
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Papyrus 87, recto
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Sign | 87 |
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Text | Philemon 13-15, 24-25 |
Date | ca. 250 |
Script | Greek |
Now at | University of Cologne |
Cite | C. Römer, Kölner Papyri 4, Papyrologica Colonensia 7 (Cologne: 1984), pp. 28-31 |
Type | Alexandrian text-type |
Category | I |
Papyrus 87 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 87, is an early New Testament papyrus. It is the earliest known manuscript of the Epistle to Philemon. The surviving texts of Philemon are verses 13-15, 24-25.
The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the early 3rd century (or late 2nd century).
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type (or proto-Alexandrian). Aland ascribed it as "Normal text", and placed it in Category I.
It is currently housed at the University of Cologne (P. Col. theol. 12) in Cologne.