Uncial 0163

Uncial 0163 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 5th century.

Uncial 0163
New Testament manuscript
NameP. Oxy. 848
TextRevelation 16:17-20
Date5th century
ScriptGreek
FoundAl-Bashnasa
Now atUniversity of Chicago Oriental Institute
CiteB. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, OP VI, p. 6.
Size12 x 8.5 cm
TypeAlexandrian text-type
CategoryIII
Noteconcurs 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

References
  1. Aland, Kurt; Aland, Barbara (1995). The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism. Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.). Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  2. B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrhynchus Papyri VI (London 1908), p. 6.
  3. "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 21 April 2011.

Further reading
Grenfell and Hunt
Bernard Grenfell
Arthur Hunt


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