Papyrus 13

Papyrus Papyri 𝔓13
New Testament manuscript
Portions of two columns of P13, beginning with Hebrews 4:2. Note the surviving numbering at the top of the left column.
Portions of two columns of P13, beginning with Hebrews 4:2. Note the surviving numbering at the top of the left column.
NameP. Oxyrhynchus 657
TextHebrews 2:14-5:5; 10:8-22; 10:29-11:13; 11:28-12:17
Date225-250
ScriptGreek
FoundOxyrhynchus, Egypt
Now atBritish Library/Egyptian Museum
CiteGrenfell & Hunt, Oxyrynchus Papyri 4:36-48. (#657)
Size12 columns of scroll; 23-27 lines/column;
pagination legible: 47-50, 61-65, 67-69.
TypeAlexandrian, often agrees with Vaticanus; 80% with Papyrus 46
CategoryI
Notelargest papyrus other than Chester Beatty collection

Papyrus 13, designated by siglum 𝔓13 or P13 in the Gregory-Aland numbering, is a fragmentary manuscript of the New Testament in Greek. It was copied on papyrus in the 3rd century at approximately 225-250 CE.[1]

  1. ^ Philip W Comfort and David P Barrett, The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts, (Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers Incorporated, 2001), pp 83.