Uncial 0163
New Testament manuscript
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Uncial 0163 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 5th century.
| New Testament manuscript | |
| Name | P. Oxy. 848 |
|---|---|
| Text | Revelation 16:17-20 |
| Date | 5th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | Al-Bashnasa |
| Now at | University of Chicago Oriental Institute |
| Cite | B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, OP VI, p. 6. |
| Size | 12 x 8.5 cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | III |
| Note | concurs with codex A |
Description
The codex contains a small part of the Book of Revelation 16:17-20, on one parchment leaf (12 cm by 8.5 cm). It is written in one column per page, 17 lines per page, in small uncial letters.[1]
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category III.[1] The surviving fragment of text concurs with Codex Alexandrinus.[2]
History
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 5th century.[1][3]
The manuscript was found in Al-Bashnasa.
Text of the manuscript was published in 1908 by B. P. Grenfell and A. S. Hunt.[2]
The codex currently is housed at the University of Chicago Oriental Institute (9351) (P. Oxy 848) in Chicago.[1]
See also
- List of New Testament uncials
- Oxyrhynchus Papyri
- Textual criticism
- Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 847
- Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 849
