Papyrus 1
| New Testament manuscript | |
An image of Papyrus 1 (recto), showing Matthew 1:1–9, 12 | |
| Name | P. Oxy. 2 |
|---|---|
| Text | Matthew 1:1–9,12,14-20 |
| Date | c. ~250 |
| Found | Oxyrhynchus, Egypt |
| Now at | University of Pennsylvania |
| Cite | B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrhynchus Papyri I, pp. 4–7, 1898. |
| Size | 1 leaf; 12 × 25 cm; 37–38 lines/page |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | I |
| Note | Close to Codex Vaticanus. |
Papyrus 1 is an early papyrus manuscript of one chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in Greek. It is designated by the siglum 𝔓1 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts, and as ε 01 in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it is dated to the early 3rd century. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus, Egypt. It is currently housed at the University of Pennsylvania Museum (E 2746).