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Papyrus 51

Papyrus 51, designated by siglum 𝔓51, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle to the Galatians, it contains only Gal. 1:2-10.13.16-20. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 4th or 5th century.

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Papyrus 𝔓51
New Testament manuscript
Recto Galatians 1:2-10
Recto Galatians 1:2-10
NameP. Oxy. 2157
TextGalatians 1 †
Dateca. 400
ScriptGreek
FoundEgypt
Now atAshmolean Museum
CiteE. Lobel, C. H. Roberts, E. P. Wegener, Oxyrhynchus Papyri XVIII (London: 1941), pp. 1-3.
TypeAlexandrian text-type
CategoryII

Papyrus 51 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by siglum 𝔓51, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Epistle to the Galatians, it contains only Gal. 1:2-10.13.16-20. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 4th or 5th century.1

Verso Galatians 1:13, 16-20 source ↗

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type (proto-Alexandrian). Kurt Aland placed it in Category II.1

It is currently housed at the Ashmolean Museum (P. Oxy 2157) in Oxford.12

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Further reading

Further reading

  • Edgar Lobel, Colin H. Roberts, and E. P. Wegener, Oxyrhynchus Papyri XVIII (London: 1941), pp. 1–3.
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