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Date
  
9th-century

Found
  
1975

Script
  
Greek-Arabic

Size
  
29 cm by 17 cm

Text
  
Gospel of John 18:4-20:2

Uncial 0290 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek-Arabic diglot uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 9th-century.

Contents

Description

The codex contains a part of the text of the Gospel of John 18:4-20:2, on 8 paper leaves (29 cm by 17 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 24 lines per page, in uncial letters.

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 9th-century.

Location

It is one of the manuscripts discovered in Saint Catherine's Monastery at Sinai in May 1975, during the restoration work. The text was published by L. Politis in 1980.

Currently the codex is housed at the St. Catherine's Monastery (N.E. ΜΓ 102) in Sinai.

References

Uncial 0290 Wikipedia


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