Uncial 0259 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 7th century. The codex contains some parts of the 1 Timothy 1:4-5.6-7, on 2 parchment leaves (12 cm by 10 cm). Written in one column per page, 11 lines per page, in uncial letters.[1]
| valign=top | Recto χουσιν μαλλον η οικονομιαν θυτην εν πισ[τει] το δε τελ[ος της] παραγ[γελιας ες] τιν αγ[απη εκ κα] θα[ρας ] . . . . . . . . | align=top | Verso νες αστοχησαν της εξετραπτησαν εις ματαιολογιαν θ[ε]λ[ο]ντες ειναι [νομοδ]ιδασκαλοι [μη νοσουν]της μη [τε α λεγουσιν] μη [τε ] . . . . . . . . |
[transcribed by [[Kurt Treu]]][2]
According to Elliott Treu wrongly deciphered reading οικονομιαν, according to him the manuscript reads οικοδομη.[3]
The nomina sacra contracted. It has two singular readings:
εξετραπτησαν instead of εξετραπησαν
νοσουντης instead of νοουντης.[4]
The text-type of this codex is mixed. Aland placed it in Category III.[1]
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 7th century.[1] [5]
Currently the codex is housed at the Berlin State Museums (P. 3605) in Berlin.[1]
. 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 . 127 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.