Uncial 058 ε 010 (von Soden), is a Greek uncial

Uncial

Uncial is a majuscule script commonly used from the 3rd to 8th centuries AD by Latin and Greek scribes. Uncial letters are written in either Greek, Latin, or Gothic.-Development:...

 manuscript

Manuscript

A manuscript or handwrite is written information that has been manually created by someone or some people, such as a hand-written letter, as opposed to being printed or reproduced some other way...

 of the New Testament

New Testament

The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....

, dated palaeographically

Palaeography

Palaeography, also spelt paleography is the study of ancient writing. Included in the discipline is the practice of deciphering, reading, and dating historical manuscripts, and the cultural context of writing, including the methods with which writing and books were produced, and the history of...

 to the 4th century.

Description

The codex contains a part of the Gospel of Matthew

Gospel of Matthew

The Gospel According to Matthew is one of the four canonical gospels, one of the three synoptic gospels, and the first book of the New Testament. It tells of the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth...

 (18:18-19.22-23.25-26.28-29), on 1 parchment leaf (19 cm by 13 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 26 lines per page.

18:18

ΕΠ[ι της γης ε]

ΣΤΑΙΔ[εδεμε]

ΝΑΕΝΤ[ω ουρα]

ΝΩ ΚΑΙ ΟΣΛ [..]

ΛΥΣΑΤΕΠΙΤΗΣ

[γ]ΕΣΕΣΤΑΙΛΕΛΥ

[μ]εναεντωου

[ρ]ΑΝΩ

18:22

ΚΙΣΑ[λ]Λ[α εως εβδο]

[α]ΜΙΝΑΜΗΝΑΕ

ΜΗΚ[ο]ΝΤΛ[κις ε]

[γ]ΩΥΜΙΝΟΤΙ

ΠΤΛ

ΔΙΑΤ[ου]

ΕΑΝΔΥΟΕΞΥΜΩ

ΤΟΟΜΟΙΩΟ[η]ΗΒ[α]

18:19 ΣΥΜΦΩΝΗΣΩ

18:28

[οφειλε]ΝΑΥ

[τω εκατον δ]ΗΝΑΠΙΑ

[και κρ[ΑΤΗΣΑΣ

[α]υτονεπνι

ΓΕΝΑΕΓΩΝΑ

ΠΟΔΟΣΕΠΕ[ων]

18:25

[αποδοθη]ΝΑΙ                       ΦΕΙΛΕΙΣΠΕΣ[ων]

18:26 [πεσων]ΟΥΝΟΔΥ         ΟΥΝΟΣΥΝΔΟ[υ]

[λος]ΠΡΟΣΕΚΥΝΕΙ               18:29 ΛΟΣΑΥΤΟΥΠΑ

α]ΥΤΩΛΕΓΩΝΚΕ                   ΡΕΚΑΛΕΙ ΑΥΤ[ον]

ΜΑΚΡΟΘΥΜΗΣΟ                 ΛΕΓΩΝΜΑΚΡ[ο]

[ε]ΠΕΜΕΚΑΙΠΑΝ                   ΘΥΜΕΣΟΝΕΠΕ

The Greek text of this codex

Codex

A codex is a book in the format used for modern books, with multiple quires or gatherings typically bound together and given a cover.Developed by the Romans from wooden writing tablets, its gradual replacement...

 Kurt Aland

Kurt Aland

Kurt Aland was a German Theologian and Professor of New Testament Research and Church History. He founded the Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung in Münster and served as its first director for many years...

, with some hesitation, placed in Category III.

The manuscript was examined by Karl Wessely

Karl Wessely

Karl Wessely was an Austrian palaeographer and papyrus scholar. He examined manuscripts housed at the Austrian National Library and in other important European libraries .- Works :* , Wiener Studien 4 , 198-214.* * * Papyrus Erzherzog Rainer...

 (1900), Joseph Karabacek, and C. R. Gregory (1887). Gregory gave for it siglum 059.

Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 4th century.

The codex is located at the Austrian National Library

Austrian National Library

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 (Pap. G. 39782), in Vienna

Vienna

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.