The Nash Papyrus, purchased by Walter Llewellyn Nash in 1902 in Egypt, is a 2nd-century BCE copy of the Ten Commandments, and was, when first discovered, the oldest known Hebrew manuscript.

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The Nash Papyrus (Cambridge University Library, MS Or. 233) is a small (140 mm x 60 mm), damaged (four fragments are now joined together) Hebrew papyrus rotulus containing the text of the Ten Commandments and the Shemaʿ (Deut. 6:4–5). It is one of the earliest Hebrew manuscripts known to us. The manuscript has attracted much scholarly int…