Papyrus 16 (in the
Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓
16, is an early copy of the
New Testament
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in
Greek
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. Originally, it may have been part of a
papyrus
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manuscript
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of the Pauline Corpus of letters, but now only contains
Philippians 3:10-17; 4:2-8.
The manuscript has been
paleographically assigned to the late 3rd century.
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Description
The manuscript is written in a documentary hand.[ There are about 37-38 lines per page.][ Grenfeld and Hunt conjectured that 𝔓15 and 𝔓16 might have been part of the same manuscript. Both manuscripts have the same formation of letters, line space, and punctuation.][
The ]nomina sacra
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are written in an abbreviated way. The text was not corrected.
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type (rather proto-Alexandrian). Aland placed it in Category I.Codex Vaticanus
The Codex Vaticanus ( The Vatican, Bibl. Vat., Vat. gr. 1209), designated by siglum B or 03 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 1 ( von Soden), is a fourth-century Christian manuscript of a Greek Bible, containing the majority of the Greek Old ...
9 times, and from Codex Sinaiticus
The Codex Sinaiticus ( Shelfmark: London, British Library, Add MS 43725), designated by siglum [Aleph] or 01 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), δ 2 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscript ...
10 times. P16 diverges from readings of the majority of all New Testament manuscripts 11 times.
It is currently housed at the Egyptian Museum
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(JE 47424) in Cairo
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.
See also
* List of New Testament papyri
A New Testament papyrus is a copy of a portion of the New Testament made on papyrus. To date, over 140 such papyri are known. In general, they are considered the earliest witnesses to the original text of the New Testament.
This elite status amo ...
* Philippians 3; 4
References
Further reading
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External links
P. Oxy. VII 1009
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New Testament papyri
3rd-century biblical manuscripts
Early Greek manuscripts of the New Testament
Epistle to the Philippians papyri