Papyrus 43

Papyrus 43 (Gregory-Aland), signed by ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$⁴³, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Book of Revelation, it contains Rev 2:12-13; 15:8-16:2. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 6th or 7th century.

Papyrus ${\displaystyle {\mathfrak {P}}}$⁴³

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Text	Book of Revelation 2; 15-16 †
Date	6th/7th century
Script	Greek
Found	Egypt
Now at	British Library
Cite	W. E. Crum, H. I. Bell, Coptica III, (Copenhagen, 1922), pp. 43-51.
Type	Alexandrian text-type
Category	II

Description

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II because of its date.[1]

It is currently housed at the British Library (Inv. 2241) in London.[1][2]

See also

• List of New Testament papyri

References

1. Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
2. "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 26 August 2011.

Further reading

• W. E. Crum, and H. I. Bell, Coptica III, Wadi Sarga: Coptic and Greek Texts from the Excavations Undertaken by the Byzantine Research Account, (Copenhagen, 1922), pp. 43–51.
• Ellwood M. Schofield, The Papyrus Fragments of the Greek New Testament, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1936, pp. 292–295.