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| Name | P. Oxy. 3 |
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| Text | Mark |
| Date | 5th century |
| Script | Greek |
| Now at | University of Chicago |
| Size | 8 × 4,5 cm |
| Type | Byzantine text-type |
| Category | III |
| Note | concurs with codex A |
Uncial 069 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 12 (Soden),[1] is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated paleographically to the 5th century.
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,[2] 11-15 letters in line,[3] in a calligraphic uncial hand.[4] The letters A and M are not typical Egyptian.[3]
The nomina sacra are written in an abbreviated way.
The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Aland placed it in Category III.[2] It concurs with Codex Alexandrinus, and the parts preserved support the Textus Receptus reading at all nine points of variation from other early uncials.[4] It could be a member of the Family Π. The text is too brief for certainty.
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Currently the manuscript is dated by the INTF to the 5th century.[5]
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.
The codex now is located at the Oriental Institute (2057) in University of Chicago.[2][5]