 Don Barker proposes a wider and earlier range of dates for Papyrus 39, along with Uncial 0232, Papyrus 88 and Uncial 0206; 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 Greek text of this codex is a representative of the Alexandrian text-type (proto-Alexandrian).Aland placed it in Category I. formula_139 shows agreement with Vaticanus and formula_175.