Papyrus 84 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓⁸⁴, is a copy of the

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. It is a

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of the four

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s. The surviving texts of Gospels are verses Mark 2:2-5,8-9; 6:30-31,33-34,36-37,39-41; John 5:5; 17:3,7-8.Published in S. Verhelst, ''Les fragments du Castellion (Kh. Mird) des évangiles de Marc et de Jean (P84)'', ''Le Muséon'', 116 (2003), 15-44. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 6th century. ; Text The Greek text of this codex probably is mixed with strong element of the

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. Aland placed it in Category III. Divisive clustering analysis of INTF data for Mark places P84's text in the same branch as lectionaries L770, L773, L211, L387, L950, and L60. ; Location It is currently housed at the

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Library (P. A. M. Khirbet Mird, Greek 1–3; formerly P. A. M. Khirbet Mird 4, 11, 26, 27).

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