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Papyrus 46, designated by siglum 𝔓46, is an early Greek New Testament manuscript written on papyrus, and is one of the manuscripts comprising the Chester Beatty Papyri. Manuscripts among the Chester Beatty Papyri have had several provenances associated with them, the most likely being the Faiyum. It has been paleographically dated between 175 and 225, or early 3rd century CE. It contains verses from the Pauline Epistles of Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Colossians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, and Hebrews. Some leaves are part of the Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri, and others are in the University of Michigan Papyrus Collection.
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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 4443 is a fragment of a Septuagint manuscript (LXX) written on papyrus in scroll form. It is the oldest extant manuscript that contains Esther 8:16–9:3 of the Septuagint text and verse numbering. according to the text of LXX. The manuscript has been assigned palaeographically to 50–150 CE.
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- ↑ Zachary Cole (2017). "6". Numerals in Manuscripts of the Greek Old Testament. Numerals in Early Greek New Testament Manuscripts: Text-Critical, Scribal, and Theological Studies. BRILL. p. 164. ISBN 9789004343757.
- ↑ Jennifer R. Strawbridge (March 2011) How Present is Romans in Early Christian School Exercises: Is P. Lond. Lit 207 Mislabelled? in Oxford Research Archive.
- ↑ Didier Fontaine, (2012) Le P52 contenait-il un nomen sacrum pour «Jésus»?
- ↑ Don C. Baker (2007). "A.2. P.Lond.Lit. 207 and the origin of the nomina sacra: a tentative proposal" (PDF). Studia Humaniora Tartuensia. 8: 1–14. ISSN 1406-6203.
- ↑ TM 62310 / LDAB 3473
