Uncial 072 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 011 (Soden),[1] [2] is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 5th/6th century.
The codex contains a part of the Gospel of Mark (2:23-3:5), with only one parchment leaf (20 cm by 15 cm) surviving. The text is written in one column per page, 22 lines per page. It is a palimpsest. The upper text is Arabic.[3]
The Greek text of this codex is mixed. Aland placed it in Category III.[3]
It is dated by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research to the 5th or 6th century.[4]
The codex used to be located in Damascus, in Qubbat al-Khazna.[3]
. Caspar René Gregory . Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament . 1908 . J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung . Leipzig . 39.
. 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 . 120 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.