| New Testament manuscript | |
| Text | Mark 6-10 † |
|---|---|
| Date | 5th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Found | 1976, Nubia |
| Now at | Coptic Museum |
| Size | 28 x 33 cm |
| Type | Alexandrian text-type |
| Category | II |
Uncial 0274 (in theGregory-Aland numbering), is a Greekuncialmanuscript of theNew Testament.Paleographically it has been assigned to the 5th century.
The codex contains a small parts of theGospel of Mark 6-10, on 4 parchment leaves (28 cm by 33 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 30 lines per page, in uncial letters.[1]
The codex contains: Gospel of Mark 6:56-7:4.6-9.13-17.19-23.29-29.34-35; 8:3-4.8-11; 9:20-22.26-41; 9:43-10:1.17-22.[2]
Currently it is dated by theINTF to the 5th century.[1][3]
The Greek text of thiscodex probably is a representative of theAlexandrian text-type. According toKurt andBarbara Aland it does not support the Byzantine text against the original, it agrees 6 times with the Byzantine when it has the same reading as the original text. It agrees 19 times with the original text against the Byzantine. It has 2 independent or distinctive readings. Alands placed it with hesitation inCategory II.[1]
Aland gave the following textual profile for it: 01 61/2 192 2S[1].
After discovering it was held in Cairo. Currently the codex is housed at theCoptic Museum (6569/6571) inCairo.[1]
