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Codex 0318 is the most recently registered New Testament Greek uncial codex. It is a diglot
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manuscript. It consists of 18 two-column, 27-line, 25 cm by 22 cm pages. The remaining text is from the
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, including most of chapters nine through 14. It is now part of the
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collection (M 661) in
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Currently it is dated by the INTF to the 6th or 7th century.
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