| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Pauline epistles † |
|---|---|
| Date | 7th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Nessana, Palestina |
| Now at | The Morgan Library & Museum |
| Cite | L. Casson, and E.L. Hettich, Excavations at Nessana II, Literary Papyri (Princeton: 1946), pp. 112-122. |
| Size | 25 cm x 17 cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | II |
Papyrus 61 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by 𝔓61, is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Pauline epistles. The manuscript paleographically has been assigned to the 8th century.[1][2]
Ro 16:23-27; 1 Cor 1:1-2.4-6; 5:1-3.5-6.9-13; Philip 3:5-9.12-16; 1 Thess 1:2-3; Tit 3:1-5.8-11.14-15; Philem. 4–7;[1]
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.[1]
It is currently housed at The Morgan Library & Museum (P. Colt 5) in New York City.[1][3]
