Papyrus 59

Papyrus $\mathfrak{P}$⁵⁹

New Testament manuscript papyri uncials minuscules lectionaries
Name	P. Colt 3
Text	John 1-2; 11-12; 17-18; 21 †
Date	7th century
Script	Greek
Found	Egypt
Now at	The Morgan Library & Museum
Cite	L. Casson, E. L. Hettich, Excavations at Nessana II, Literary Papyri (Princeton: 1946), pp. 79-122.
Type	mixed
Category	III

Papyrus 59 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by $\mathfrak{P}$⁵⁹, is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John. The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to the seventh century).^[1]

Contents

Gospel of John 1:26.28.48.51; 2:15-16; 11:40-52; 12:25.29.31.35; 17:24-26; 18:1-2.16-17.22; 21:7.12-13.15.17-20.23.^[1]

Text

The Greek text of this codex is a mixed text-type. Aland placed it in Category III.^[1]

Location

It is currently housed at The Morgan Library & Museum (P. Colt 3) in New York City.^[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. pp. 99–100. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
2. "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 26 August 2011.

Further reading

• L. Casson, and E. L. Hettich, Excavations at Nessana II, Literary Papyri (Princeton: 1946), pp. 79-93.