Papyrus 99

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Papyrus 99 (Gregory-Aland), designated by 𝔓99, is an early papyrus manuscript with quotations from the Pauline epistles of the New Testament in Greek-Latin. Four leaves have survived.

Description

This papyrus is part of the Chester Beatty collection. It is usually considered as a glossary with single words and phrases from: The text is written in 1 column per page, 27-30 lines per page. It also contains a Latin lexicon and Greek grammar. Elliot calls this papyrus '... a haphazard collection of unconnected verses from the Pauline letters [that] could have been a school exercise ...' The manuscript is housed at the Chester Beatty Library (P. Chester B. Ac. 1499, fol 11–14) in Dublin.

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