Global InformationPapyrus Oxyrhynchus 5101 information
| P.Oxy.77 (LXXVII) 5101 | |
|---|---|
| Sackler Library at Oxford | |
 The Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 5101 | |
| Also known as | Rahlfs 2227 |
| Type | Manuscript |
| Date | 1st-2nd century CE |
| Language(s) | Koine Greek |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Condition | Fragmented |
| Script | Uncial |
| Contents | Book of Psalms |
| Exemplar(s) | Septuagint |
| Discovered | Oxyrhynchus (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.