Papyrus 53 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by 𝔓53, is an early copy of the New Testament in Koine Greek.

The manuscript palaeographically had been assigned to the 3rd century.

[1] The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type (proto-Alexandrian).

Aland ascribed it as "at least Normal text", and placed it in Category I.

[2] It is currently housed at the University of Michigan (Inv.