New Testament manuscript | |
Text | Romans 12 † |
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Date | 7th century |
Script | Greek |
Found | Egypt |
Now at | John Rylands Library |
Cite | A. S. Hunt, Catalogue of the Greek Papyri in the John Rylands Library I, Literatury Texts (Manchester 1911), p. 9 |
Type | Alexandrian |
Category | II |
Papyrus 31 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓31, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle to the Romans, it contains only Romans 12:3-8. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 7th century. The reverse side is blank. It is possible that it was used as a talisman. Hunt suggested it was a lectionary.[1]