Papyrus 86

Papyrus 86 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by siglum 𝔓86, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Matthew. The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to the 4th century.

Papyrus 𝔓86
New Testament manuscript
NamePap. Col. 5516
TextGospel of Matthew 5 †
Date4th century
ScriptGreek
FoundEgypt
Now atUniversity of Cologne
CiteCharalambakis-Hagedorn-Kaimakis-Thüngen, Vier literarische Papyri der Kölner Sammlung, ZPE 14 (Barcelona: 1974), pp. 37-40.
TypeAlexandrian text-type
CategoryII

The surviving texts of Matthew are verses 5:13-16, 22-25.

Text

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II, it means, it has some alien readings.

Location

It is currently housed at the Institut für Altertumskunde in University of Cologne (P. Col. theol. 5516) in Cologne.

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