Uncial 0281

Uncial 0281 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 7th or 8th century.^[1]

Uncial 0281

New Testament manuscript
Text	Gospel of Matthew 6-27
Date	7th/8th century
Script	Greek
Found	1975
Now at	Saint Catherine's Monastery
Size	20 cm by 17 cm
Type	Alexandrian text-type
Category	?

Description

The codex contains a small parts of the Gospel of Matthew 6-27, on 47 parchment leaves (20 cm by 17 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 20 lines per page, in uncial letters. It is a palimpsest, the upper text contains part of the Old Testament.^[1]

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 7th or 8th century.^[1][2]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the late Alexandrian text-type.

It agrees 18 times with Codex Sinaiticus and 12 times with Codex Vaticanus.^[3]

Location

It is one of the manuscripts discovered in Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai in May 1975, during restoration work.^[4] Currently the codex is housed at the monastery (N.E. ΜΓ 29).^[1]

See also

• List of New Testament uncials
• Biblical manuscript
• Textual criticism