Papyrus 88

Papyrus 88 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓⁸⁸, is a single leaf from an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Mark. The surviving texts of Mark are verses 2:1-26. The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to the 4th century.^[1]

Papyrus 𝔓⁸⁸

New Testament manuscript
Recto, Mark 2:1-8; 2:20-26
Text	Gospel of Mark 2 †
Date	4th century
Script	Greek
Found	Egypt
Now at	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Cite	S. Daris, Aegyptus, 52 (1972), pp. 80-88.
Type	mixed
Category	III

Don Barker proposes a wider and earlier range of dates for Papyrus 88, along with Uncial 0232, Papyrus 39 and Uncial 0206; and states that all four could be dated as early as the late second century or as late as the end of the fourth century.^[2]

Text

Verso, Mark 2:8-19

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

Location

It is currently housed at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (P. Med. Inv. no. 69.24) in Milan.^[1][3]

See also

• Bible portal

• List of New Testament papyri