Uncial 0163 Explained

Uncial 0163 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 5th century.

Description

The codex contains a small part of the Book of Revelation 16:17-20, on one parchment leaf (12 cm by 8.5 cm). It is written in one column per page, 17 lines per page, in small uncial letters.^[1]

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category III.^[1] The surviving fragment of text concurs with Codex Alexandrinus.

History

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 5th century.^{[1] [2]}

The manuscript was found in Al-Bashnasa.

Text of the manuscript was published in 1908 by B. P. Grenfell and A. S. Hunt.^[3]

The codex currently is housed at the University of Chicago Oriental Institute (9351) (P. Oxy 848) in Chicago.^[1]

See also

• List of New Testament uncials
• Oxyrhynchus Papyri
• Textual criticism
• Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 847
• Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 849

Further reading

• B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrhynchus Papyri VI, Egypt Exploration Fund (London 1908), p. 6.

External links

• Uncial 0163 at the Goodspeed Manuscript Collection

Notes and References

1. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . Aland . Barbara . Barbara Aland . Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) . The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism . . 1995 . Grand Rapids . 123 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
2. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 21 April 2011 . Münster.
3. B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrhynchus Papyri VI (London 1908), p. 6.