Uncial 0247


Uncial 0247, is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 5th or 6th century.

Description

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. Written in two columns per page, 36 lines per page, in uncial letters.
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.

Location

Currently the codex is housed at the John Rylands Library in Manchester.

Text

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.