Uncial 071

Uncial 071 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 015 (Soden), 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.

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 5th or 6th century.

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.

Textual variants

Matt 1:24

εγερθεις (having been aroused) – א, B, C, Z, 071, f¹

διεγερθεις (having been awakened) – C³, D, L, W, 087, f¹³, mss of the Byzantine text-type

Matt 1:25

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

τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς τὸν πρωτότοκον (her firstborn son) – C, D, K, L (omit αὐτῆς), W, Δ, ÎÂ, 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.

See also

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

References

Further reading