Papyrus 12

Papyrus 12 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), α 1033 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), designated by siglum , is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle to the Hebrews but only containing Hebrews 1:1. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been assigned to ca. 285. It may have been a writing exercise or an amulet.

Description


The verse has been written at the top of the second column by another (likely later) writer in three lines. It has been written in a small uncial hand. On the verso of this manuscript another writer has penned Genesis 1:1-5 according to Septuagint.


 * Text
 * πολυμερως κ πολυ[τρο]πως
 * παλε ο θς λαλήσ[α]ς το[ις π]ατρα
 * σ[ι] ημ[ω]ν εν τοις προ[φηταις]

It has error of itacism (παλε instead of παλαι), the nomina sacra contracted ( ΘΣ ).

The Greek text of this small portion of Hebrews is probably a representative of the Alexandrian text-type, but its text is too brief for certainty. Aland placed it in Category I of his New Testament manuscript classification system.

It supports the textual variant ημων as in codices $c$ a t v vgmss syrp.

History
The manuscript was discovered in 1897 by Grenfell and Hunt.

It is currently housed at The Morgan Library & Museum (Pap. Gr. 3; P. Amherst 3b) in New York City.