Uncial 0247 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), 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 (29 cm by 23 cm). 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 (P. Copt. 20) in Manchester.
Text
The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type. Aland placed it in Category II.
See also
List of New Testament uncials
Textual criticism
References
Further reading
J. H. Greenlee, "Nine Uncial Palimpsests of the New Testament", S & D 39 (Salt Lake City, 1968).