Uncial 0249 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 10th century.
The codex contains the text of the Gospel of Matthew 25:1-9, on 2 parchment leaves (21 cm by 15 cm), with some lacunae. Possibly it was written in two columns per page, 15 lines per page, in uncial letters.[1] Survived leaves are in a fragmentary condition.
It is a palimpsest, the upper text contains the text of Psalms with a commentary.[2]
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 10th century.[1] [3]
Currently the codex is housed at the Bodleian Library (MS. Auct. T. 4.21, ff. 326, 327) in Oxford.[1]
The Greek text of this codex is mixed with a strong element of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category III.[1]
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