Papyrus 87
New Testament manuscript
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Papyrus 87 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓87, is an early New Testament papyrus. It is the earliest known manuscript of the Epistle to Philemon. The surviving texts of Philemon are verses 13–15, 24–25.
| New Testament manuscript | |
Papyrus 87, recto | |
| Sign | 𝔓87 |
|---|---|
| Text | Philemon 13-15, 24-25 |
| Date | ca. 250 |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | Institut für Altertumskunde, University of Cologne |
| Cite | C. Römer, Kölner Papyri 4, Papyrologica Colonensia 7 (Cologne: 1984), pp. 28-31 |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | I |
The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the early 3rd century (or late 2nd century).
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type (or proto-Alexandrian). Aland ascribed it as "Normal text", and placed it in Category I.[1]
It is currently housed at the University of Cologne (P. Col. theol. 12) in Cologne.[1][2]