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Papyrus 73

New Testament manuscript

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Papyrus 73 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by ๐”“73, 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 25:43; 26:2-3. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 7th century.

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type, but the text is too brief for certainty. Aland placed it in Category V.

It is currently housed at the Bibliotheca Bodmeriana (L) in Cologny.

Verso, Matthew 26:2-3
Verso, Matthew 26:2-3
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