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Papyrus 47 (Gregory-Aland), signed by ${\mathfrak {P}}$⁴⁷, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Book of Revelation, it contains Rev. 9:10-11:3; 11:5-16:15; 16:17-17:2. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 3rd century. It gives the number of the beast as "666" (as opposed to 616).

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland ascribed it as a Normal text, and placed it in Category I. The text of this manuscript is closest to Codex Sinaiticus, and they are witnesses for one of early textual types of the Book of Revelation. Another type is represented by manuscripts Papyrus 115, Codex Alexandrinus, and Codex Ephraemi.

It is currently housed at the Chester Beatty Library (Inv. 14. 1. 527) in Dublin.

See also

• List of New Testament papyri

References

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Further reading

• F. G. Kenyon, The Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri III, (London, 1934).
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