Uncial 0290

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TextGospel of John 18:4-20:2
Date9th-century
ScriptGreek-Arabic
Found1975
Uncial 0290
New Testament manuscript
TextGospel of John 18:4-20:2
Date9th-century
ScriptGreek-Arabic
Found1975
Now atSaint Catherine's Monastery
Size29 cm by 17 cm
Type?
Category?

Uncial 0290 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek-Arabic diglot uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 9th century.

The codex contains a part of the text of the Gospel of John 18:4-20:2, on 8 paper leaves (29 cm by 17 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 24 lines per page, in uncial letters.[1][2]

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 9th century.[1][2]

Location

It is one of the manuscripts discovered in Saint Catherine's Monastery at Sinai in May 1975, during the restoration work.[3] The text was published by L. Politis in 1980.[4]

Currently the codex is housed at the St. Catherine's Monastery (N.E. ΜΓ 102) in Sinai.[1][2]

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