Papyrus 83

Papyrus 83 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓⁸³, is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew. The surviving texts of Matthew are verses 20:23-25,30-31; 23:39-24:1,6. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 6th century. It is among only very few New Testament texts on papyrus recovered outside Egypt (in this case from Khirbet Mird in the Judean desert).

Text

Papyrus 𝔓⁸³

New Testament manuscript
Fragment 1 recto, Matt 20:23-25
Text	Gospel of Matthew 20; 23-24 †
Date	6th century
Script	Greek
Found	Egypt
Now at	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Cite	M.-L. Lakmann, ‘Neutestamentliche Texte aus Khirbet Mird. P83 und 0244’, ETL 85/4 (2009), 467–478.
Size	28 cm x 21.5 cm
Type	mixed
Category	III

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

Location

It is currently housed at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Library (P. A. M. Khirbet Mird 16, 29).^[1][2] Transcriptions and photographs have been published by Lakmann.^[3]

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  Fragment 1 verso, Matt 20:30-31
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  Fragment 2 recto, Matt 23:39-24:1
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  Fragment 2 verso, Matt 24:6

See also

• Bible portal

• List of New Testament papyri
• Papyrus 84