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Papyrus 51

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Name
  
P. Oxy. 2157

Date
  
ca. 400

Found
  
Egypt

Text
  
Galatians 1 †

Script
  
Greek

Now at
  
Ashmolean Museum

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Papyrus 51 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by siglum P 51, 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.

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

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

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  • Oxyrhynchus 2157
  • Image of P 51 recto
  • Image of P 51 verso

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