Papyrus 51

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.

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.

Images

 * Oxyrhynchus 2157
 * Image of 𝔓51 recto
 * Image of 𝔓51 verso