title: Uncial 076
text: # Uncial 076
  
  Uncial 076 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), $α^{1008}$ (Soden), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 5th or 6th-century. Formerly it was labeled by $י^a.$
  
  ## Description
  
  Survived only one parchment leaf (17 cm by 15 cm). The codex is written in two columns per page, 23 lines per page, 9-10 letters per line. It contains a part of the Acts of the Apostles (2:11-22) with some missing words or letters. It used breathings and accents. The nomina sacra are abbreviated. The Old Testament quotations are marked by inverted comma (>).
  
  ## Text
  
  The Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type with some alien readings. Aland placed it in Category II. The most interesting readings occurs in 2:13 where fragment supports Codex Bezae against all other manuscripts.
  
  | θυ εξισταν το δε παντες και διηπορου το αλλος προς τον αλλον λε γοντες τι θε [λει] τουτο ει [ναι ε]τεροι δ[ε εχ]λευαζο λε[γο]ντες ο τι [γλευκους με[μεστω]με νοι ε[ι]σιν [ [σ]ταθεις δε ο πετρος συν τοις ενδεκα επηρεν τη γωνην [α]υτου και απεφθεγ ξατο α[υ]τοις [ ανδρε[ς] ιου δαιο[ι κ]αι οι κατοικουν | τες [ι]λημ παν τες του[το γνωστ[ον υμι  εστω [και ενω τις[ασθε τα ρη[ματα μου ο[υ γαρ ως υ μ[εις υπολα]μ βαν[ετε ου]τ[οι μεθυ[ουσι]ν εστι[ν γαρ] ωρα τριτ[η τη]ς η μερα[ς αλλα τουτ[ο ε]στι  το [ειρημε]υο  δια του [π]ρο φητου [ι]ωηλ και εστα[ι] με τα ταυτα λεγει ο θς εκχεω απο του πνς μου επι πασα[ν σαρκα |
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  ## History
  
  Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 5th or 6th century.
  
  The manuscript once belonged to Lord Amherst in Norfolk. In 1908/1909 Lord Amherst sold his library.
  
  The codex is located now in the Pierpont Morgan Library (Pap. G. 8) at New York City.
  
  