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Date
  
6th century

Found
  
1975

Script
  
Greek

Size
  
[25 x 18 cm]

Text
  
Philippians 2:24-27; 3:6-8

Now at
  
Saint Catherine's Monastery

Uncial 0282 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 6th century.

Contents

Description

The codex contains a small parts of the Epistle to the Philippians 2:24-27; 3:6-8, on 1 parchment leaf (25 cm by 18 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 27 lines per page, in uncial letters.

The leaf survived in a fragmentary condition. It is a palimpsest.

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

Location

It is one of the manuscripts discovered in Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai in May 1975, during restoration work. Currently the codex is housed at the monastery (N.E. ΜΓ 29a).

References

Uncial 0282 Wikipedia