Papyrus 12

Papyrus 12 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 1033 (in the Soden numbering), designated by siglum 𝔓¹², is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle to the Hebrews, it contains only Hebrews 1:1. The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to ca. 285. It may have been a writing exercise or an amulet.

Description

On the top of the second column another writer has penned Hebrews 1:1 in three lines.Philip W. Comfort, ''The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts'' Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers Incorporated, 2001, p. 82. It has been written in a small uncial hand.B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, ''The Amherst Papyri'' I, (London 1900), p. 30. On the verso of this manuscript another writer has penned Genesis 1:1-5 according to Septuaginta.

; Text
: πολυμερως κ πολυ �ρο�ως
: παλε ο θς λαλήσ �� το �ς π�τρα
: σ �ημ �� εν τοις προ �ηταιςref name = Grenfell/>

It has error of itacism (παλε instead of παλαι), the nomina sacra contracted (θς).

The Greek text of this codex probably is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type, but its text is too brief for certainty. Aland placed it in Category I.

It supports textual variant with ημων as in codices 𝔓^46c a t v vg^mss syr^p.

History

The manuscript was discovered in 1897 by Grenfell and Hunt.

It is currently housed at The Morgan Library & Museum (Pap. Gr. 3; P. Amherst 3b) in New York City.

See also

* List of New Testament papyri
* Papyrus Amherst 3a

References

Further reading

* B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt
''The Amherst Papyri'' I
(London 1900), pp. 30–31. (P. Amherst 3 b).
*

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New Testament papyri
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Septuagint manuscripts
Early Greek manuscripts of the New Testament
Amherst papyri
Collection of the Morgan Library & Museum
Epistle to the Hebrews papyri