Uncial 071

Uncial 071

New Testament manuscript papyri uncials minuscules lectionaries
Name	P. Oxy.III 0401
Text	Matthew
Date	5th/6th century
Script	Greek
Now at	Harvard University
Size	7 x 9.5 cm
Type	Alexandrian text-type
Category	II

Uncial 071 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 015 (Soden),^[1] is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 5th or 6th century. It came from Oxyrhynchus.

Description

The codex contains a small part of the Gospel of Matthew 1:21-24; 1:25-2:2, on one parchment leaf (7 cm by 9.5 cm). It is written in one column per page, 13 lines per page.^[2]

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 5th or 6th century.^[2][3]

Text

The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type, in close relationship with Codex Sinaiticus, Vaticanus, and Dublinensis. Aland placed it in Category II.^[2]

Verso [απο τ]ων [αμ]αρ[τιων αυ των τουτο δε ολον [γεγονεν ινα πληρωθη το ρη[θεν υ πο κυ δια του προφητ[ου λε γοντος ιδου η [θ] παρθενος εν γαστρι εξει και τεξετε υν και καλεσουσι το ονο μα αυτου Εμμανουηλ ο [εσ]τιν μεθερμηνευομε [νον] μεθ ημων ο θς εγερ [θεις δε] Ι[ω]σηφ απο του υπ [νου εποιη]σεν ως προς [εταξεν αυτ]ω ο αγγελ[ος

Recto [νωσκεν] αυ[την εως ου ε [τεκεν υ]ν και εκαλεσε[ν το [ονο]μα αυτου Ιν του δε Ιυ γεννηθεντος εν βη θλεεμ της Ιουδαιας εν η μεραις Ηρωδου του βασι λεως ιδου μαγοι απο ανα τολων παραγενοντοεις Ιεροσολυμα λεγοντε [που εστιν ο τε[ι]χθεις βα[σιλευς των Ιουδαιων ει[δομεν γαρ αυτου το[ω αστερα εν [τ]η ανατο[λη]

Textual variants

Matt 1:24

εγερθεις — א, B, C, Z, 071, f¹

διεγερθεις — C³, D, L, W, 087, f¹³, mss of the Byzantine text-type

Matt 1:25

υἱὸν (son) — א, B, Z, 071, f¹, f¹³, 33

τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς τὸν πρωτότοκον (her firstborn son) — C, D, K, L (omit αὐτῆς), W, Δ, Π, 28, 565, 700, 892, 1009, 1010, 1071, 1079, 1195, 1216, 1230, 1241, 1242, 1365

Present location

The codex is now located in the Semitic Museum (3735) at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.^[2]

See also

• List of New Testament uncials
• Textual criticism
• Papyrus Oxyrhynchus
• Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 400
• Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 402

References

1. Gregory, Caspar René (1908). Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. p. 38.
2. 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. 119. ISBN 978-0-8028-4098-1.
3. "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 21 April 2011.

Further reading

• B. P. Grenfell & A. S. Hunt (1903). Oxyrhynchus Papyri III, 401. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. p.  1–2.