Papyrus 75
E195051
Alexandrian text-type witness
Greek manuscript
New Testament papyrus manuscript
biblical manuscript
early Christian manuscript
Papyrus 75 is an early 3rd-century Greek papyrus manuscript of the Gospels of Luke and John, notable for its high-quality Alexandrian text and importance for New Testament textual criticism.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Papyrus 75 canonical | 5 |
| Papyrus Bodmer XIV–XV | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1716114 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Papyrus 75 Context triple: [Alexandrian text-type, includesWitness, Papyrus 75]
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A.
Abusir Papyri
The Abusir Papyri are a collection of Old Kingdom administrative documents from pyramid temple complexes at Abusir, providing crucial insights into ancient Egyptian bureaucracy, economy, and daily religious practices.
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B.
Codex Sinaiticus
Codex Sinaiticus is one of the oldest and most complete surviving manuscripts of the Christian Bible, written in Greek on parchment in the 4th century.
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C.
Codex Alexandrinus
Codex Alexandrinus is a 5th-century Greek manuscript of the Bible, notable as one of the oldest and most complete surviving copies of both the Old and New Testaments.
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D.
Codex Hermogenianus
The Codex Hermogenianus is a late Roman collection of imperial legal constitutions compiled under Emperor Diocletian that became a key source for later codifications of Roman law.
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E.
Pyrgi Tablets
The Pyrgi Tablets are a set of ancient gold inscriptions from the 5th century BCE bearing parallel texts in Etruscan and Phoenician, making them a key source for understanding the Etruscan language and its cultural contacts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Papyrus 75 Target entity description: Papyrus 75 is an early 3rd-century Greek papyrus manuscript of the Gospels of Luke and John, notable for its high-quality Alexandrian text and importance for New Testament textual criticism.
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A.
Abusir Papyri
The Abusir Papyri are a collection of Old Kingdom administrative documents from pyramid temple complexes at Abusir, providing crucial insights into ancient Egyptian bureaucracy, economy, and daily religious practices.
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B.
Codex Sinaiticus
Codex Sinaiticus is one of the oldest and most complete surviving manuscripts of the Christian Bible, written in Greek on parchment in the 4th century.
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C.
Codex Alexandrinus
Codex Alexandrinus is a 5th-century Greek manuscript of the Bible, notable as one of the oldest and most complete surviving copies of both the Old and New Testaments.
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D.
Codex Hermogenianus
The Codex Hermogenianus is a late Roman collection of imperial legal constitutions compiled under Emperor Diocletian that became a key source for later codifications of Roman law.
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E.
Pyrgi Tablets
The Pyrgi Tablets are a set of ancient gold inscriptions from the 5th century BCE bearing parallel texts in Etruscan and Phoenician, making them a key source for understanding the Etruscan language and its cultural contacts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Alexandrian text-type witness
ⓘ
Greek manuscript ⓘ New Testament papyrus manuscript ⓘ biblical manuscript ⓘ early Christian manuscript ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Bodmer Papyrus XIV–XV
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P75 ⓘ Papyrus Bodmer XIV–XV ⓘ
linked to:
Papyrus 75
𝔓75 ⓘ |
| approximateDateRange | c. 200–250 CE ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Bodmer Papyri ⓘ |
| categoryInTextualCriticism | early Alexandrian witness ⓘ |
| century | 3rd century ⓘ |
| contents |
Gospel of John
ⓘ
Gospel of Luke ⓘ |
| culturalContext | early Christian Egypt ⓘ |
| date | early 3rd century ⓘ |
| datingMethod | palaeography ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | Egypt ⓘ |
| field | New Testament textual criticism ⓘ |
| genre | religious text ⓘ |
| hasPortionsOf |
John 1–15
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Luke 3–24 ⓘ |
| language | Greek ⓘ |
| material | papyrus ⓘ |
| notableFor |
high-quality Alexandrian text
ⓘ
importance for New Testament textual criticism ⓘ |
| originalFormat | codex ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Egypt ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| script | uncial script ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| scriptType | biblical majuscule ⓘ |
| scripturePart |
Gospels
ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ |
| significance |
key witness for the early Alexandrian text of the Gospels
ⓘ
one of the earliest substantial witnesses to Luke and John ⓘ |
| subject | Gospel narratives about Jesus ⓘ |
| textType | Alexandrian text-type ⓘ |
| textualCharacter | very close to Codex Vaticanus ⓘ |
| usedBy | textual critics ⓘ |
| usedFor |
reconstructing the earliest attainable text of John
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reconstructing the earliest attainable text of Luke ⓘ |
| usedIn | critical editions of the Greek New Testament ⓘ |
| writingMaterial | papyrus codex ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Greek alphabet ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Papyrus 75 Description of subject: Papyrus 75 is an early 3rd-century Greek papyrus manuscript of the Gospels of Luke and John, notable for its high-quality Alexandrian text and importance for New Testament textual criticism.
Referenced by (6)
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