Papyrus 11 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by 𝔓¹¹, is a copy of a part of the

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. It is a

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of the First Epistle to the Corinthians. It contains fragments 1 Corinthians 1:17-22; 2:9-12.14; 3:1-3,5-6; 4:3; 5:5-5.7-8; 6:5-9.11-18; 7:3-6.10-11.12-14. Only some portions of the codex can be read. The manuscript palaeographically had been assigned to the 7th century. The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II. In 1 Corinthians 7:5 it reads τη προσευχη (''prayer'') – along with 𝔓⁴⁶, א*, A, B, C, D, F, G, P, Ψ, 6, 33, 81,

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, 1877, 1881, 1962, it vg, cop, arm, eth; other manuscripts have reading τη νηστεια και τη προσευχη (''

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and prayer'') or τη προσευχη και νηστεια (''prayer and fasting''). The manuscript was discovered by

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in 1862. It is currently housed at the

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(Gr. 258A) in Saint-Petersburg.

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