Papyrus 37 designated by š¯”“37 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek.
[1][2] It is currently housed at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Library (inventory #1570), and was purchased in Cairo, Egypt, in 1924.
This portion of Matthew depicts the Last Supper, the betrayal by Judas, and the beginning of the Arrest of Jesus.
There are many variations in the letters, which makes a precise dating based on paleography difficult.
The text has to be reconstructed in places of lacuna by comparing the amount of space missing to the number of letters in various readings.