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Uncial 0284

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Date
  
8th century

Found
  
1975

Script
  
Greek

Size
  
[28 cm x 21 cm]

Text
  
Matthew 26:75-27:7; 27:9-11.13-17; 28:15-18.20 †

Now at
  
Saint Catherine's Monastery

Uncial 0284 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 8th century.

Contents

Description

The codex contains a small parts of the Gospel of Matthew 26:75-27:7; 27:9-11.13-17; 28:15-18.20, on 2 parchment leaves (28 cm by 21 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 29 lines per page, in uncial letters. The leaves have survived in a fragmentary condition. It is a palimpsest.

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 8th century.

Location

It is one of the manuscripts discovered in Saint Catherine's Monastery at Sinai in May 1975, during the restoration work. Currently the codex is housed at the St. Catherine's Monastery (N.E. ΜΓ 48) in Sinai.

References

Uncial 0284 Wikipedia