 Testing has dated the papyrus itself to somewhere between the seventh and ninth centuries, and Professor Christian Askeland of Indiana Wesleyan University has shown that the text is written in Lycopolitan, a Coptic dialect that fell out of use during or prior to the sixth century.With reference to the speculative source of the text on the fragment, King and Luijendijk used the term "gospel" in a capacious sense, as it includes all early Christian writings about Jesus' career.King told the "International Congress of Coptic Studies" that the text does not prove that Jesus had a wife.