Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 5101

P.Oxy.77 (LXXVII) 5101
Sackler Library at Oxford
The Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 5101
Also known asRahlfs 2227
TypeManuscript
Date1st-2nd century CE
Language(s)Koine Greek
MaterialPapyrus
ConditionFragmented
ScriptUncial
ContentsBook of Psalms
Exemplar(s)Septuagint
DiscoveredOxyrhynchus (Egypt)

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 5101, designated by 2227 (in the Alfred Rahlfs numbering of koine Greek Septuagint manuscripts), or P.Oxy.77 (LXXVII) 5101, is a manuscript of the Greek Septuagint Psalms (an ancient translation of the Hebrew Bible Psalms), written on papyrus in roll form. It has survived in a very fragmentary condition. Using the study of comparative writings styles (palaeography), it has been dated to the middle of the first - middle of the second century CE.

P.Oxy.77 5101 uses the Tetragrammaton (name of God in the Hebrew Bible) written in palaeo-Hebrew script instead of substituting it with the Greek title κύριος (kyrios / Lord), and is currently the earliest extant copy of the Septuagint Psalms.


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