The manuscript has been assigned palaeographically to the 2nd century BCE, and before the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls it was the oldest known manuscript of the Greek Bible.
Berdasarkan paleografi naskah ini diberi tarikh abad ke-2 SM, dan sebelum penemuan Gulungan Laut Mati dianggap sebagai naskah tertua Alkitab bahasa Yunani.