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NT papyrus

Papyrus 72

200-400 CE · date uncertain · Greek · papyrus

Papyrus 72
Mediatus/Kopie eines Originalbriefes; Kopist unbekannt. Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Where found

Dishna (Jabal Abu Mana), Upper Egypt

Bodmer acquisition, 1950s

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Where it is now

Vatican Library

Shelfmark P. Bodmer VIII

Vatican City, Vatican City

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Found and held

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Details

Gregory-Aland
𝔓72
Size
18
Contents
1 Peter 1:1-5:14; 2 Peter 1:1-3:18
Record status
cited

Also known as P72, 𝔓72, Papyrus 72, P.72.

Papyrus Bodmer VII-VIII, part of the Bodmer Miscellaneous Codex (with the Nativity of Mary, 3 Corinthians, Odes of Solomon 11, Melito). Earliest copy of Jude and 1-2 Peter. Note status: unverified.

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