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NT papyrus

Papyrus 52

110-140 CE · date uncertain · Greek · papyrus

Papyrus 52
Papyrologist Bernard Grenfell (1920), as preserved at the John Rylands Library. Photo: courtesy of JRUL.. Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Where found

Place not recorded

Bought in Egypt by Bernard Grenfell, 1920; identified by C.H. Roberts, 1934

Where it is now

John Rylands University Library

Shelfmark Gr. P. 457

Manchester, UK

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Details

Gregory-Aland
𝔓52
Size
1 Frg
Contents
John 18:31-33, 18:37-38
Record status
cited

Also known as P52, 𝔓52, Papyrus 52, P.52, Rylands Papyrus, Rylands 457, P.Ryl. 457, St John fragment.

John Rylands Papyrus; often called the earliest known NT fragment, though its date is debated (some argue as late as c. 200+). Note status: unverified.

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