[1] Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been dated to the early 3rd century CE.

[3][4] In November 2020, the CSNTM in conjunction with Hendrickson Publishers released a new 1:1 high-resolution imaged facsimile edition of 𝔓47 on black and white backgrounds, along with 𝔓45 and 𝔓46.

[5] The manuscript is a codex (precursor to the modern book), written with black ink on papyrus.

[6]: 205–230  Biblical scholar Kurt Aland ascribed it as a Normal text, and placed it in Category I.

[3] The text of this manuscript is closest to Codex Sinaiticus (א‎), and together they are witnesses for one of the early textual types of the Book of Revelation.