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Name
  
P. Oxy. 4499

Date
  
c. 275

Now at
  
Ashmolean Museum

Text
  
Rev 2-3, 5-6, 8-15

Found
  
Oxyrhynchus, Egypt

Papyrus 115

Cite
  
Juan Chapa, Oxyrynchus Papyri 66:11-39. (#4499)

Papyrus 115 (P. Oxy. 4499, designated by P 115 in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a fragmented manuscript of the New Testament written in Greek on papyrus. It consists of 26 fragments of a codex containing parts of the Book of Revelation, and probably nothing more. It dates to the 3rd century, ca. 225-275 AD. Grenfell and Hunt discovered the papyrus in Oxyrhynchus, Egypt.

Contents

P 115 was not deciphered and published until the end of the 20th century. It is currently housed at the Ashmolean Museum.

Description

The original codex had 33-36 lines per page of 15.5 cm by 23.5 cm. The surviving text includes Revelation 2:1-3, 13-15, 27-29; 3:10-12; 5:8-9; 6:5-6; 8:3-8, 11-13; 9:1-5, 7-16, 18-21; 10:1-4, 8-11; 11:1-5, 8-15, 18-19; 12:1-5, 8-10, 12-17; 13:1-3, 6-16, 18; 14:1-3, 5-7, 10-11, 14-15, 18-20; 15:1, 4-7.

The manuscript has evidence of the following nomina sacra: ΙΗΛ , ΑΥΤΟΥ , ΠΡΣ , ΘΩ , ΘΥ , ΑΝΩΝ , ΠΝΑ , ΟΥΝΟΥ , ΟΥΝΟΝ , ΚΥ , ΘΝ , ΑΝΟΥ , ΟΥΝΩ.

The manuscript uses the Greek Numeral system, with no number extant as being written out in full.

The manuscript is a witness to the Alexandrian text-type, following the text of Codex Alexandrinus (A) and Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (C).

An interesting element of P 115 is that it gives the number of the beast in Revelation 13:18 as 616 (chi, iota, sigma (ΧΙϚ)), rather than the majority reading of 666 (chi, xi, sigma (ΧΞϚ)), as does Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus.

According to the transcription of the INTF, a conjectured reading of the manuscript, due to the space left, is [χξϛ] η χιϛ (666 or 616), therefore not giving a definite number to the beast.

Textual Variants

8:12

Omit και το τριτον της σεληνης: P 115. Include και το τριτον της σεληνης: א, A.

9:11

ο απολλυων: P 115, 1740. απολλυων: P 47, א, pc, gig, 2344.

9:13

Include δ/τεσσάρων: P 115, M , vgcl, syph. Omit δ/τεσσάρων: P 47, א, A, 0207, 1611, 2053, 2344, pc, lat, syh, co.

11:15

λεγουσαι: P 47, P 115, א, C, 051, 1006, 1611, 1841, 1854, 2329, 2344, M A. λεγοντες: A, 2053, 2351, M K.

12:3

πυρρος μεγας: P 47, P 115, 2053, א. μεγας πυρρος: A, P, 051, 1841, pm, lat, sa. πυρος μεγας: C, 046, 1611, 1854, 2329, 2344, pm, syh.

13:8

το ονομα αυτου: C 1854, 2053, pc, Irlat, Prim. το ονομα: P 115, M , co, Bea. τα ονοματα αυτων : P 47, א, P, 051, 1006, 1841, 2329, al, lat.

13:13

Omit εκ του ουρανου: P 115, 175. Include εκ του ουρανου: P 47, א, A, M .

14:6

κατοικουντας: P 115, A, 2049, 69. καθημενους: P 47, א, C, P, 1611, 1854, 2053, 2329, pc, syph, Origen.

14:20

βχ (2600): P 115. αχ / χιλιων εξακοσιων (1600): P 47, אc2, A, 42, 69, 82, 93, 177, 325, 456, 498, 627, 699, 1849, 2138, 2329, M .

References

Papyrus 115 Wikipedia
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