Uncial 0247 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 5th or 6th century.
The codex contains a small part of the 1 Peter 5:13-14 - 2 Peter 1:5-8,14-16; 2:1, on 2 parchment leaves (29 cm by 23 cm). Written in two columns per page, 36 lines per page, in uncial letters.[1]
It is a palimpsest, the upper text was written in Coptic, it contains a prayer.
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 5th or 6th century.[1] [2]
Currently the codex is housed at the John Rylands Library (P. Copt. 20) in Manchester.[1]
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.[1]
. 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 . 126 . limited . 978-0-8028-4098-1.