Uncial 0262 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 7th century.[1]

Uncial 0262
New Testament manuscript
Text1 Timothy 1:15-16
Date7th century
ScriptGreek
Now atBerlin State Museums
Size9.5 x 13 cm
Typemixed
CategoryIII

Description edit

The codex contains small part of the First Epistle to Timothy 1:15-16, on one parchment leaf (9,5 cm by 13 cm). It is survived in a fragmentary condition. Probably it was written in two columns per page, 6 lines per page, in uncial letters.[1]

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 7th century.[1][2]

It was examined by Kurt Treu and Horseley.

Text edit

Col I
[πισ]τος ω λλοκος
και πασης αποτοχης
αξιος οτι Χριστος Ις
[ηλθεν] ει[ς τ]ων
[κοσμον αμα]ρ
[τωλους σωσαι]
Col II
ομ προτος ιμιν
εγω, αλα δια τατο
ελεηθην; ινα εν ε
μοι προτω ενδι[ξη]
τε Χς; [Ις] την [απα]
[σαν μακροθυμιαν]

[transcribed by Kurt Treu][3]

The original orthography is heavily phoneticized. Treu provides the following transcription orthography normalized.

Πιστος ο λογος και πασης αποδοχης αξιος, οτι Χριστος ηλθεν εις τον κοσμον αμαρτολους σωσαι ων πρωτος ειμι εγς αλλα δια τουτο ηλεηθην, ινα εν εμοι πρωτω ενδειξηται Χριστος Ιησους την απασαν μακροθυμιαν.[3]

The text-type of this codex is mixed. Aland placed it in Category III.[1]

Location edit

Currently the codex is housed at the Berlin State Museums (P. 13977) in Berlin.[1]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1..
  2. ^ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  3. ^ a b Kurt Treu, “Neue neutestamentliche Fragmente der Berliner Papyrussammlung”, Archiv für Papyrusforschung 18, 1966. pp. 36-37.

Further reading edit

  • Kurt Treu, "Neue Neutestamentliche Fragmente der Berliner Papyrussammlung", APF 18 (Berlin: 1966), pp. 23-38.
  • G. H. R. Horseley, "New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity" 2 (Macquarie University, 1982), pp. 125-140.
  • Peter Head, Two Parchments Witnessing First Timothy 1 (2007)