Date 5th / 6th century Size 29 cm by 23 cm Category II | Now at John Rylands Library Type Alexandrian text-type | |
Text 1 Peter 5:13-14 - 2 Peter 1:5-8,14-16; 2:1 | ||
Uncial 0247 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 5th or 6th century.
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Description
The codex contains a small part of the 1 Peter 5:13-14 - 2 Peter 1:5-8,14-16; 2:1, on 2 parchment leaves (29 cm by 23 cm). Written in two columns per page, 36 lines per page, in uncial letters.
It is a palimpsest, the upper text was written in Coptic, it contains a prayer.
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 5th or 6th century.
Location
Currently the codex is housed at the John Rylands Library (P. Copt. 20) in Manchester.
Text
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.
References
Uncial 0247 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA