The manuscript is quite fragmented, containing the text of Revelation 9:10-11:3 11:5-16:15 and 16:17-17:2. The manuscript is a codex (precursor to the modern book), written with blank ink on papyrus. In November 2020, the CSNTM in conjunction with Hendrickson Publishers released a new 1:1 high-resolution imaged facsimile edition of □ 47 on black and white backgrounds, along with □ 45 and □ 46. It is currently housed at the Chester Beatty Library (Inv. The codex contains text from the Book of Revelation chapters 9 through 17. Using the study of comparative writing styles ( palaeography), it has been dated to the early 3rd century CE. Manuscripts among the Chester Beatty Papyri have had several places of discovery associated with them, the most likely being the Faiyum. Chester Beatty III), designated by siglum □ 47 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is an early Greek New Testament manuscript written on papyrus, and is one of the manuscripts comprising the Chester Beatty Papyri. Kenyon, The Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri III, (London, 1934). An exceptionally rare papyrus document of about 2,600 years old has been returned to Israel after its private owner in the United States agreed to give it back, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said Wednesday.New Testament manuscript Papyrus □ 47 New Testament manuscriptį. (Photo by Gil cohen Magen/Xinhua)Ī researcher shows a papyrus fragment of an ancient Hebrew document in Jerusalem, on Sept. An exceptionally rare papyrus document of about 2,600 years old has been returned to Israel after its private owner in the United States agreed to give it back, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said Wednesday. 7, 2022 shows a papyrus fragment of an ancient Hebrew document in Jerusalem. (JINI via Xinhua)Ī researcher shows a papyrus fragment of an ancient Hebrew document in Jerusalem, on Sept. ■Ī researcher shows a papyrus fragment of an ancient Hebrew document in Jerusalem, on Sept. He agreed to give back the fragile document after a visit to the IAA's conservation laboratory convinced him that the IAA has the best conditions to conserve and research it. The owner in the United States said the papyrus was given to his mother in Jerusalem in 1965 by a museum curator and an antiquities dealer. It now joins two other documents from the same period that were discovered in desert caves between 19 and also contain the earliest Hebrew manuscripts. "Ishmael appeared as the name of officials on paleographic finds such as bullae, or clay stamp seals, used for sealing royal documents in the administration," explained Shmuel Ahituv, a researcher who initiated a campaign to retrieve the document after finding a photograph of it in 2018. ," hinting that it is a piece of a letter with instructions to the recipient, according to an IAA statement. The document, which was discovered in a desert cave in Israel decades ago, includes four torn lines in ancient Hebrew, starting with the words "To Ishmael send. 7 (Xinhua) - An exceptionally rare papyrus document of about 2,600 years old has been returned to Israel after its private owner in the United States agreed to give it back, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said Wednesday.
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