Papyrus 44
New Testament manuscript
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Papyrus 44 (in Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by 𝔓44, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew and Gospel of John. It contains Matt. 17:1-3.6-7; 18:15-17.19; 25:8-10 and John 10:8-14. Fragments of the Gospel of John formerly known as Papyrus 44b (containing 9:3-4; 12:16-18) have been reclassified as Papyrus 128. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 6th or 7th century.[1]
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| New Testament manuscript | |
_recto_Matt_25,_8-10;_John_10,_8-14.jpg) Recto Matthew 25:8-10, John 10:8-14 | |
| Text | Matthew 17-18,25 and John 10 |
|---|---|
| Date | 6th/7th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Cite | W. E. Crum, H. G. Evelyn-White, The Monastery of Epiphanius at Thebes, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Egyptian Expedition Publications IV, (New York, 1926), pp. 120-121. |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | II |
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.[1]
It is currently housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Inv. 14. 1. 527) in New York.[1][2]
