Uncial 0101 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 48 ( Soden), is a

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of the

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. It is dated palaeographically to the 8th-century. Formerly it was labelled by T^V. The manuscript has survived in very fragmentary condition.

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The codex contains a small part of the

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1:29-32, on one very small parchment leaf (). The text is written in one column per page, 14 lines per page, in uncial letters. The

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are written in an abbreviated forms.

Text

The Greek text of this

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is a representative of the

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. Aland placed it in Category II.

History

Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 8th-century. The codex currently is located at the

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(Pap. G. 39780), at

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published its text (facsimile). It was examined by C. R. Gregory (1887) and

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(2007). In 2008 it was edited by Stanley E. Porter and Wendy J. Porter (facsimile with transcription).LDAB
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