Papyrus 87

Papyrus 87 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓⁸⁷, is an early New Testament papyrus. It is the earliest known manuscript of the Epistle to Philemon. The surviving texts of Philemon are verses 13–15, 24–25.

Papyrus 87

New Testament manuscript
Papyrus 87, recto
Sign	𝔓87
Text	Philemon 13-15, 24-25
Date	ca. 250
Script	Greek
Now at	Institut für Altertumskunde, University of Cologne
Cite	C. Römer, Kölner Papyri 4, Papyrologica Colonensia 7 (Cologne: 1984), pp. 28-31
Type	Alexandrian text-type
Category	I

The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the early 3rd century (or late 2nd century).

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type (or proto-Alexandrian). Aland ascribed it as "Normal text", and placed it in Category I.^[1]

It is currently housed at the University of Cologne (P. Col. theol. 12) in Cologne.^[1][2]

See also

• List of New Testament papyri