Uncial 069

{{Infobox New Testament manuscript

| form = Uncial

| number = 069

| image = Uncial_069_r.jpg

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| name = P. Oxy. 3

| sign =

| text = Mark

| script = Greek

| date = 5th century

| now at = University of Chicago

| cite =

| size = 8 × 4,5 cm

| type = Byzantine text-type

| cat = III

| hand =

| note = concurs with codex A

}}

Uncial 069 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 12 (Soden),{{Cite book|last=Gregory|first=Caspar René|author-link=Caspar René Gregory|title=Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament|url=https://archive.org/stream/diegriechischen00greggoog#page/n49/mode/2up|year=1908|publisher=J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung|location=Leipzig|page=38}} is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 5th century.

Description

The codex contains very small part of the Gospel of Mark 10:50.51; 11:11.12, on one parchment leaf (8 cm by 4.5 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 25 lines per page,{{Cite book | last = Aland | first = Kurt | author-link = Kurt Aland | last2 = Aland | first2 = Barbara | author-link2 = Barbara Aland | others = Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) | title = The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism | publisher = William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company | year = 1995 | location = Grand Rapids | page = 119 | isbn = 978-0-8028-4098-1}} 11-15 letters in line, in a calligraphic uncial hand. The letters A and M are not typical Egyptian.

The nomina sacra are written in an abbreviated way.

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category III. It concurs with Codex Alexandrinus, and the parts preserved support the Textus Receptus reading at all nine points of variation from other early uncials.B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt, Oxyrhynchus Papyri I (London, 1898), p. 7. It could be a member of the Family Π. The text is too brief for certainty.

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: ιμ]ΑΤΙΟN

: [αυτου α]ΝΑΣΤΑΣΗΛ

: ΘΕΝΠΡΟΣΤΟΝΙΝ

: ΚΑΙΑΠΟΚΡΙΘΕΙΣΛε[?]

: ΓΕΙΑΥΤΩΟΙΣΤΙΘ[ε]

: ΛΕΙΣΠΟΙΗΣΩΣΟ[ι]

: ΟΔΕΤΥΦΛΟΣΕΙ[πεν]

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: ΚΑΙ[περι βλεψαμε]

: ΝΟΣΠΑΝ[τα οψι]

: ΑΣΗΔΗΟΥΣΗΣΤΗ[ς]

: ΩΡΑΣΕΞΗΛΘΕΝ

: ΕΙΣ ΒΗΘΑΝΙΑΝ ΜΕ

: [τ]ΑΤΩΝΔΩΔΕΚΑ

: [k]ΑΙΤΗΕΠΑΥΡΙΟΝC. R. Gregory, [https://archive.org/stream/textkritikdesne00greggoog#page/n77/mode/2up Textkritik des Neuen Testaments], Leipzig 1900, vol. I, p. 68.

History

Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 5th century.{{Cite web |url=http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php?ObjID=20069 |title=Liste Handschriften |publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research |access-date=21 April 2011 |location=Münster}}

The manuscript was discovered by the Egyptologist Bernard Grenfell (1869-1926) and the Papyrologist Arthur Hunt (1871-1934). It was presented to the University of Chicago in the early 20th century.

; Present location

The codex now is located at the Oriental Institute (2057) in University of Chicago.