Uncial 0262 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 7th century.
Description
The codex contains small part of the First Epistle to Timothy 1:15-16, on one parchment leaf (9,5 cm by 13 cm). It is survived in a fragmentary condition. Probably it was written in two columns per page, 6 lines per page, in uncial letters.
Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 7th century.
It was examined by Kurt Treu and Horseley.
Text
Col I
[πισ]τος ω λλοκος
και πασης αποτοχης
αξιος οτι Χριστος Ις
[ηλθεν] ει[ς τ]ων
[κοσμον αμα]ρ
[τωλους σωσαι]
Col II
ομ προτος ιμιν
εγω, αλα δια τατο
ελεηθην; ινα εν ε
μοι προτω ενδι[ξη]
τε Χς; [Ις] την [απα]
[σαν μακροθυμιαν]
[transcribed by Kurt Treu]
The original orthography is heavily phoneticized. Treu provides the following transcription orthography normalized.
The text-type of this codex is mixed. Aland placed it in Category III.
Location
Currently the codex is housed at the Berlin State Museums (P. 13977) in Berlin.
See also
List of New Testament uncials
Textual criticism
Uncial 0259
References
Further reading
Kurt Treu, "Neue Neutestamentliche Fragmente der Berliner Papyrussammlung", APF 18 (Berlin: 1966), pp. 23-38. G. H. R. Horseley, "New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity" 2 (Macquarie University, 1982), pp. 125-140. Peter Head, Two Parchments Witnessing First Timothy 1 (2007)