Uncial 069 Explained

Form:Uncial
Number:069
P. Oxy. 3
Text:Mark
Script:Greek
Date:5th century
Now At:University of Chicago
Size:8 × 4,5 cm
Type:Byzantine text-type
Cat:III
Note:concurs with codex A

Uncial 069 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 12 (Soden),[1] is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 5th century.

Description

The codex contains very small part of the Gospel of Mark 10:50.51; 11:11.12, on one parchment leaf (8 cm by 4.5 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 25 lines per page,[2] 11-15 letters in line, in a calligraphic uncial hand. The letters A and M are not typical Egyptian.

The nomina sacra are written in an abbreviated way.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category III.[2] It concurs with Codex Alexandrinus, and the parts preserved support the Textus Receptus reading at all nine points of variation from other early uncials.[3] It could be a member of the Family Π. The text is too brief for certainty.

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Recto

ιμ]ΑΤΙΟN

[αυτου α]ΝΑΣΤΑΣΗΛ

ΘΕΝΠΡΟΣΤΟΝΙΝ

ΚΑΙΑΠΟΚΡΙΘΕΙΣΛε[?]

ΓΕΙΑΥΤΩΟΙΣΤΙΘ[ε]

ΛΕΙΣΠΟΙΗΣΩΣΟ[ι]

ΟΔΕΤΥΦΛΟΣΕΙ[πεν]

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Verso

ΚΑΙ[περι βλεψαμε]

ΝΟΣΠΑΝ[τα οψι]

ΑΣΗΔΗΟΥΣΗΣΤΗ[ς]

ΩΡΑΣΕΞΗΛΘΕΝ

ΕΙΣ ΒΗΘΑΝΙΑΝ ΜΕ

[τ]ΑΤΩΝΔΩΔΕΚΑ

[k]ΑΙΤΗΕΠΑΥΡΙΟΝ[4]

History

Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 5th century.[5]

The manuscript was discovered by the Egyptologist Bernard Grenfell (1869-1926) and the Papyrologist Arthur Hunt (1871-1934). It was presented to the University of Chicago in the early 20th century.

Present locationThe codex now is located at the Oriental Institute (2057) in University of Chicago.[2] [5]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 38.
  2. 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 . 119 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  3. B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrhynchus Papyri I (London, 1898), p. 7.
  4. C. R. Gregory, Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, Leipzig 1900, vol. I, p. 68.
  5. Web site: Liste Handschriften . Institute for New Testament Textual Research . 21 April 2011 . Münster.