Witness:	𝔓46
Aliases:	GA P46, P. Beatty 2. TM 61855.
Description:	Papyrus, 27x16 cm, 86 extant leaf(s), 1 column(s), 26-32 line(s) per column, 22-36 characters per line, written in Greek.
Provenance:	175-224 – Written by unknown scribe with professional hand in Aphroditopolis, Aegyptus, modern Atfîḥ, Miṣr. ︎🌍 Paleography similar to P87. (130 verses edited). 175-224 – [a] Corrected by diorthotes with professional hand in Aphroditopolis, Aegyptus, modern Atfîḥ, Miṣr. ︎🌍 Probably contemporaneous with original scribe. (29 verses edited). 200-299 – [b] Corrected by later scribe with documentary hand in Aphroditopolis, Aegyptus, modern Atfîḥ, Miṣr. ︎🌍 Written in cursive script, perhaps by an owner of the manuscript. (5 verses edited).
	? – Excavated by ? in Atfîḥ, Miṣr in the ruins of a monastery. [Leaf 1-6,9,20,22-30,32-60,77-86] 1931 - 1935 – Purchased by Chester Beatty in Al Qāhirah, Miṣr from antiquities dealer. 1950 – Transferred to Chester Beatty Library in Dublin, Ireland. Today – BP II, Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland. [Leaf 7-8,10-19,21,31,61-76] 1931 - 1933 – Purchased by University of Michigan in Al Qāhirah, Miṣr. ? – Transferred to University of Michigan, Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library in Ann Arbor, United States. Today – P.Mich.inv. 6238, University of Michigan, Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, Ann Arbor, United States.
Content:	Rom. 5:17-6:14, 8:15-25, 27-35, 8:37-9:23, 10:1-11:22, 11:24-33, 11:35-16:23, Heb. 1:1-9:16, 9:18-10:20, 22-30, 10:32-13:25, 1Cor. 1:1-9:2, 9:3-15:15, 15:17-16:23, 2Cor. 1:1-2:1, 2:3-3:3, 3:5-11:10, 11:12-21, 11:23-13:13, Eph., Gal. 1:1-8, 1:10-2:21, 3:2-29, 4:2-17, 4:20-6:8, 6:10-6:18, Phil. 1:1, 1:5-16, 5:18-28, 5:30-2:12, 14-27, 2:29-3:8, 3:10-21, 4:2-12, 14-23, Col. 1:5-13, 16-24, 1:27-2:19, 2:22-3:11, 3:13-24, 4:3-13, 16-18, 1Thes. 1:1, 1:8-2:3, 5:5-9, 23-28. Omitted Rom. 16:24-27, 1Cor. 16:24, 2Cor. 8:20. (1710 verses)
Bibliography:	Comfort, Philip W. and David P. Barrett. The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts, Logos Research edition. Tyndale House Publishers (Wheaton), 2001. OCLC 45023548. ISBN 9780842352659. [compared] Griffin, Bruce W. The Paleographical Dating of P-46. Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, New Testament Textual Criticism section (New Orleans), November 1996. https://zeltmacher.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/P-46-Oct-1997.pdf, accessed 04/12/2024. [dated] Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung. New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room. (Münster). https://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/manuscript-workspace, accessed 04/12/2024. [compared] Kenyon, Frederic G. The Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri: Fasciculus III/1, Pauline Epistles and Revelation, Text. Emery Walker (London), 1934. OCLC 1097140. [princeps Leaf 1-6,9,20,22-30,32-60,77-86] Sanders, Henry A. A Third-Century Papyrus Codex of the Epistles of Paul, p. 13-15. University of Michigan Press (Ann Arbor), 1935. OCLC 2479572. ISBN 9781498232029. [princeps Leaf 7-8,10-19,21,31,61-76]
Transcription:	Created on or before 06/01/2007, modified 07/01/2021.