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New Testament manuscript | |
Name | P. Chester Beatty XVII |
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Sign | 𝔓97 |
Text | Luke 14 † |
Date | ca. 600 |
Script | Greek |
Now at | Chester Beatty Library |
Type | Alexandrian text-type |
Papyrus 97 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓97, is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Luke. The manuscript has survived in a fragmentary condition.[1][2]
The surviving texts of Luke are only verses 14:7-14. The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to the 6th century (or 7th century).[3]
The Greek text of this manuscript is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. It is not placed in any of Aland's Categories.
The manuscript is currently housed at the Chester Beatty Library (P. Chester Beatty XVII) at Dublin.[1][2]