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Text
  
John 1:30-32

Script
  
Greek-Coptic diglot

Size
  
21 cm by 17 cm

Date
  
6th century

Now at
  
Berlin State Museums

Type
  
mixed

Uncial 0260 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek-Coptic uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 6th century. The manuscript has survived in a very fragmentary condition.

Contents

Description

The codex contains some parts of the Gospel of John 1:30-32, on 2 parchment leaves (21 cm by 17 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 16 lines per page, in uncial letters. Coptic text is in Fayyumic dialect.

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 6th century.

Location

Currently the codex is housed at the Berlin State Museums (P. 5542) in Berlin.

Text

The text-type of this codex is mixed. Aland placed it in Category III. The manuscript was examined by Kurt Treu and Horseley.

References

Uncial 0260 Wikipedia