P. Chester Beatty II
E730133
New Testament papyrus manuscript
Pauline epistles manuscript
biblical manuscript
early Christian manuscript
P. Chester Beatty II is a famous early Christian papyrus manuscript containing a substantial portion of the Pauline epistles, notable for its importance to New Testament textual studies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| P. Chester Beatty II canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8388558 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: P. Chester Beatty II Context triple: [Papyrus 46, catalogCode, P. Chester Beatty II]
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A.
Paul Mellon
Paul Mellon was an American philanthropist, art collector, and heir to the Mellon banking fortune who became one of the 20th century’s most influential patrons of the arts and education.
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B.
Calouste Gulbenkian
Calouste Gulbenkian was an influential Armenian-British businessman and philanthropist, known as “Mr. Five Percent” for his pivotal role in the early oil industry and for founding the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
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C.
Claude Montefiore
Claude Montefiore was a leading British Jewish theologian and scholar who helped shape early Reform Judaism through his liberal religious thought and biblical criticism.
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D.
Harry Elkins Widener
Harry Elkins Widener was a wealthy young American book collector and Harvard alumnus who died in the sinking of the Titanic, in whose memory Harvard’s Widener Library was built.
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E.
Samuel Courtauld
Samuel Courtauld was a British industrialist and art collector whose patronage and collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works significantly shaped the development of modern art appreciation in the UK.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: P. Chester Beatty II Target entity description: P. Chester Beatty II is a famous early Christian papyrus manuscript containing a substantial portion of the Pauline epistles, notable for its importance to New Testament textual studies.
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A.
Paul Mellon
Paul Mellon was an American philanthropist, art collector, and heir to the Mellon banking fortune who became one of the 20th century’s most influential patrons of the arts and education.
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B.
Calouste Gulbenkian
Calouste Gulbenkian was an influential Armenian-British businessman and philanthropist, known as “Mr. Five Percent” for his pivotal role in the early oil industry and for founding the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
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C.
Claude Montefiore
Claude Montefiore was a leading British Jewish theologian and scholar who helped shape early Reform Judaism through his liberal religious thought and biblical criticism.
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D.
Harry Elkins Widener
Harry Elkins Widener was a wealthy young American book collector and Harvard alumnus who died in the sinking of the Titanic, in whose memory Harvard’s Widener Library was built.
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E.
Samuel Courtauld
Samuel Courtauld was a British industrialist and art collector whose patronage and collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works significantly shaped the development of modern art appreciation in the UK.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Testament papyrus manuscript
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Pauline epistles manuscript ⓘ biblical manuscript ⓘ early Christian manuscript ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Papyrus 46
NERFINISHED
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𝔓46 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Apostle Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | P. Chester Beatty II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collection |
Chester Beatty Library collection
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Michigan Papyrology Collection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsTextOf |
1 Corinthians
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1 Thessalonians NERFINISHED ⓘ 2 Corinthians NERFINISHED ⓘ Colossians NERFINISHED ⓘ Ephesians NERFINISHED ⓘ Galatians NERFINISHED ⓘ Hebrews NERFINISHED ⓘ Pauline epistles NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippians NERFINISHED ⓘ Romans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contentGenre | epistle ⓘ |
| currentLocation |
Chester Beatty Library, Dublin
NERFINISHED
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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date |
early 3rd century
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late 2nd century ⓘ |
| estimatedDateRange | circa 175–225 CE ⓘ |
| language | Koine Greek ⓘ |
| originalFolioCount | approximately 104 leaves ⓘ |
| partOf | Chester Beatty Papyri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| physicalForm | codex ⓘ |
| provenance | acquired by Alfred Chester Beatty ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| scholarlyDesignation | Papyrus 46 in the Gregory–Aland numbering NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| scriptType | uncial script ⓘ |
| significance |
important for New Testament textual criticism
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important for the study of the Pauline corpus ⓘ one of the earliest extensive witnesses to the Pauline epistles ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
New Testament textual studies
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studies of early Christian book production ⓘ |
| survivingLeaves | approximately 86 leaves ⓘ |
| textType | Alexandrian text-type NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
reconstructing the early text of the Pauline letters
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studying the canon of Pauline epistles in early Christianity ⓘ |
| writingMaterial | papyrus ⓘ |
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