Uncial 0262

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.

Πιστος ο λογος και πασης αποδοχης αξιος, οτι Χριστος ηλθεν εις τον κοσμον αμαρτολους σωσαι ων πρωτος ειμι εγς αλλα δια τουτο ηλεηθην, ινα εν εμοι πρωτω ενδειξηται Χριστος Ιησους την απασαν μακροθυμιαν.

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.