| New Testament manuscript | |
 | |
| Text | Romans 1–4; 6; 9 † |
|---|---|
| Date | 3rd century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Egypt |
| Now at | University of Heidelberg |
| Cite | F. Bilabel, Römerbrieffragmente, VBP IV (Heidelberg 1924), 28–31 |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | I |
Papyrus 40 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓40, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 3rd century.
It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle to the Romans, it contains Romans 1:24-27; 1:31-2:3; 3:21-4:8; 6:4-5.16; 9:16-17.27.
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type, rather proto-Alexandrian, Aland named it as "Free text", and placed it in Category I because of its date.[1]
This manuscript is closer to Codex Sinaiticus than to Codex Alexandrinus and Vaticanus.[2]
It is currently housed at the Papyrussammlung der Universität in the University of Heidelberg (Inv. no. 45).[1][3]
