| New Testament manuscript | |
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| Text | John 12:12-15;Luke 7:22-26,50 |
|---|---|
| Date | c. 500-600 |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | Museo Archeologico,Florence, Inv. Nr. 7134 |
| Cite | E. Pistelli, 'Papiri evangelici',Rivista di Studi Religiosi6 (1902): 69-70. |
| Size | fragment |
| Type | mixed (Greek & Coptic) |
| Category | III |
Papyrus 2 (𝔓2) is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek and Coptic. It is apapyrus fragment of a copy of theGospel of John dating to the sixth century. It is currently housed at theEgyptian Museum, Florence (Inv. no. 7134).[1] There is a portion ofLuke 7:22-26.50 inCoptic on the reverse of the fragment.
The fragment appears to be from alectionary.[2] The text type is a mixed.[3]Aland placed it inCategory III.[4]
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The name of Jerusalem (usually ιεροσολυμα,Ierosolyma) is given the variant spelling ιερου[σο]λ̣υ̣[μα] (Ierousolyma).
Ermenegildo Pistelli dated the manuscript to the 5th or 6th century;Ernst von Dobschütz to the 6th or 7th century.[5]
