Papyrus 46

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Papyrus 46 is one of the oldest surviving New Testament manuscripts, containing a substantial collection of Pauline epistles and serving as a key witness to the early Alexandrian text tradition.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Papyrus 46 canonical 5
𝔓46 2
Papyrus 46 (𝔓46) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Alexandrian text-type witness ⓘ
Greek manuscript ⓘ
New Testament manuscript ⓘ
biblical papyrus ⓘ
alsoKnownAs P46 ⓘ
𝔓46 ⓘ
linked to: Papyrus 46
approximateCentury 2nd century ⓘ
3rd century ⓘ
approximateDate early 3rd century ⓘ
late 2nd century ⓘ
associatedWith Apostle Paul ⓘ
catalogCode Michigan Papyrus 6238 ⓘ
P. Chester Beatty II ⓘ
collection Chester Beatty Papyri ⓘ
contains Epistle to the Colossians ⓘ
Epistle to the Ephesians ⓘ
Epistle to the Galatians ⓘ
Epistle to the Hebrews ⓘ
Epistle to the Philippians ⓘ
Epistle to the Romans ⓘ
First Epistle to the Corinthians ⓘ
First Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
Pauline epistles ⓘ
linked to: Pauline Epistles

Second Epistle to the Corinthians ⓘ
form codex ⓘ
genre epistolary literature ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
importanceIn reconstruction of the Pauline corpus text ⓘ
study of early Christian manuscripts ⓘ
isPartiallyHeldBy Chester Beatty Library ⓘ
University of Michigan ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
material papyrus ⓘ
notableFor being one of the oldest surviving manuscripts of the Pauline epistles ⓘ
witnessing an early form of the Alexandrian text ⓘ
originalLocation Egypt ⓘ
physicalType ancient manuscript ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
scholarlyDesignation Gregory–Aland 𝔓46 ⓘ
scriptDirection left-to-right ⓘ
scriptStyle literary hand ⓘ
scriptType uncial script ⓘ
subject New Testament ⓘ
textType Alexandrian text-type ⓘ
usedIn New Testament textual criticism ⓘ
writingMaterial papyrus codex ⓘ
writingSurface papyrus sheets ⓘ
writingSystem Koine Greek ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Papyrus 46 → alsoKnownAs → 𝔓46 ⓘ
linked to: Papyrus 46
P46 → alsoKnownAs → Papyrus 46 ⓘ
P. Chester Beatty II → alsoKnownAs → Papyrus 46 ⓘ
P. Chester Beatty II → scholarlyDesignation → Papyrus 46 in the Gregory–Aland numbering ⓘ
linked to: Papyrus 46
Michigan Papyrus 6238 → partOf → Papyrus 46 ⓘ
Michigan Papyrus 6238 → collection → Papyrus 46 collection ⓘ
linked to: Papyrus 46
Michigan Papyrus 6238 → relatedTo → Papyrus 46 (𝔓46) ⓘ
linked to: Papyrus 46
Gregory–Aland 𝔓46 → alsoKnownAs → 𝔓46 ⓘ
linked to: Papyrus 46