Carbon-14 dating authenticated the codex as likely coming from the third or the fourth century C.E. However, the scholars surmised that the Coptic text of the "Gospel of Judas" had been translated from its original Greek at a much earlier period.
Khaboni ya vu-14 leyi nga ni codex ya xiviri swi nga ha endleka yi ri ya lembe-xidzana ra vunharhu kumbe lembe-xidzana ra vumune C.E. Hambiswiritano, swidyondzi swi gimete hi leswaku tsalwa ra Xicoptic ra "Evhangeli ya Yudasi" ri hundzuluxeriwe ri suka eka Xigriki xo sungula xa khale.