Papyrus 118 Explained

Papyrus 118, designated by (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is a copy of a small part of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle to the Romans. The surviving text of Romans is verses 15:26-27,32-33; 16:1,4-7,11-12. The manuscript is in a fragmentary condition. Using the study of comparative writing styles (paleography), the manuscript has been dated by the INTF to the 3rd century CE.^[1]

Text The Greek text of this codex is too small to determine its textual character.

Location The codex is currently housed at the Institut für Altertumskunde of the University of Cologne at Cologne, with the shelf number (Inv. No. 10311).

See also

• List of New Testament papyri
• Epistle to the Romans: chapter 15and 16

Further reading

• G. Schenke, Kölner Papyri 10 (2003), pp. 33–37.

Images

• Papyrus 118 at the Kölner Papyrus-sammlung
• Image from ¹¹⁸ recto, fragment of Romans 15:26-27,32-33
• Image from ¹¹⁸ verso, fragment of Romans 16:1,4-7,11-12

External links

• "Continuation of the Manuscript List" Institute for New Testament Textual Research, University of Münster. Retrieved April 9, 2008

Notes and References

1. Web site: Liste Handschriften. Institute for New Testament Textual Research. 15 August 2011. Münster.