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Papyrus 99

Papyrus 99
New Testament manuscript
Name P. Chester Beatty 1499
Sign 99
Text A glossary(?) - single words and phrases from some Pauline epistle.
Date ca. 400
Script Greek-Latin
Now at Chester Beatty Library
Size 16.8 by 13.6

Papyrus 99 (Gregory-Aland), designated by 99, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek-Latin . It is a papyrus manuscript of the Pauline epistles. Four leaves have survived.

This papyrus is part of the Chester Beatty collection. It is usually considered as a glossary with single words and phrases from:

The text is written in 1 column per page, 27-30 lines per page.

It also contains a Latin lexicon and Greek grammar.

Elliot calls this papyrus '... a haphazard collection of unconnected verses from the Pauline letters [that] could have been a school exercise ...'

The manuscript is housed at the Chester Beatty Library (P. Chester B. Ac. 1499, fol 11–14) in Dublin.


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