title: Uncial 0157
text: # Uncial 0157
  
  Uncial 0157 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), α 1007 (in the Soden numbering), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament, dated palaeographically to the 7th century (or 8th century).
  
  ## Description
  
  The codex contains a small part of the First Epistle of John 2:7-13, on one a fragmentary parchment leaf ([21.5] cm by 28.4 cm). The text is written in two columns per page, 21 lines per page, in uncial letters.
  
  The Greek text of this codex is unknown. Kurt Aland did not place it in any of Categories of New Testament manuscripts.
  
  It is dated by the Institute for New Testament Textual Research to the 7th or 8th century.
  
  The codex used to be held in Qubbat al-Khazna in Damascus. The present location of the codex is unknown. The manuscript is not accessible.
  
  