Uncial 0232 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a

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of the

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. The manuscript palaeographically has been assigned to the 5th or 6th century. It contains a small parts of the

Second Epistle of John The Second Epistle of John is a book of the New Testament attributed to John the Evangelist, traditionally thought to be the author of the other two epistles of John, and the Gospel of John (though this is disputed). Most modern scholars believ ...

(1-9), on 1 parchment leaf (10 cm by 9 cm). The text is written in one column per page, 20 lines per page. The Greek text of this

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is a representative of the

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. Aland placed it in Category II. Currently it is dated by the

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to the 5th or 6th century. Don Barker proposes a wider and earlier range of dates for Uncial 0232, along with

Papyrus 39 Papyrus 39 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), signed by 𝔓39, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John, it contains only John 8:14-22. The manuscript paleographically had been assigned to ...

Papyrus 88 Papyrus 88 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), designated by 𝔓88, is a single leaf from an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of Mark. The surviving texts of Mark are verses 2:1-26. The manuscript ...

and

Uncial 0206 Uncial 0206 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), it has been dated to the 4th century. Description The ...

; and states that all four could be dated as early as the late second century or as late as the end of the fourth century. The manuscript was added to the list of the New Testament manuscripts by Kurt Aland in 1953. The codex is housed at the

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(P. Ant. 12), in

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