Papyrus 140
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| New Testament manuscript | |
| Name | PSI inv. 1971 |
|---|---|
| Sign | 𝔓140 |
| Text | Acts 7:54-55 (recto); 7:57-58 (verso). |
| Date | 5th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Possibly Oxyrhynchus |
| Now at | Papyrological Institute, Florence, Italy |
| Cite | Francesca Maltomini et al (ed), Firenze University Press (2018). Papyri of the Italian Society, vol. XVII, 3-5. |
| Size | 2.8 x 4.3 cm |
Papyrus 140 (designated as 𝔓140 in the Gregory-Aland numbering system) is a small surviving portion of a handwritten copy of part of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts. The text survives on a single fragment of a codex, the recto containing the initial letters of 4 lines of the second column of a page, and the verso the final letters of 4 lines (plus minimal traces of a fifth) of the first column of the next page. The manuscript has been assigned paleographically to the fifth century.[1]
𝔓140 is housed at the Papyrological Institute in Florence, Italy.[2]
