Uncial 0259

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Text1 Timothy 1:4-5.6-7
Date7th century
ScriptGreek
Uncial 0259
New Testament manuscript
Text1 Timothy 1:4-5.6-7
Date7th century
ScriptGreek
Now atBerlin State Museums
Size12 x 10 cm
Typemixed
CategoryIII

Uncial 0259 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 7th century. The codex contains some parts of the 1 Timothy 1:4-5.6-7, on 2 parchment leaves (12 cm by 10 cm). Written in one column per page, 11 lines per page, in uncial letters.[1]

Recto
χουσιν μαλλον
η οικονομιαν θυ
την εν πισ[τει]
το δε τελ[ος της]
παραγ[γελιας ες]
τιν αγ[απη εκ κα]
θα[ρας               ]
.   .   .   .   .   .   .   .
Verso
νες αστοχησαν
της εξετραπτησαν
εις ματαιολογιαν
θ[ε]λ[ο]ντες ειναι
[νομοδ]ιδασκαλοι
[μη νοσουν]της μη
[τε α λεγουσιν] μη
[τε                       ]
.   .   .   .   .   .   .   .
[transcribed by Kurt Treu][2]

According to Elliott, Treu wrongly deciphered reading οικονομιαν, according to him the manuscript reads οικοδομη.[3]

The nomina sacra contracted. It has two singular readings:

εξετραπτησαν instead of εξετραπησαν
νοσουντης instead of νοουντης.[4]

The text-type of this codex is mixed. Aland placed it in Category III.[1]

History

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 7th century.[1][5]

Currently the codex is housed at the Berlin State Museums (P. 3605) in Berlin.[1]

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