Name P. Oxy. 4499 Date c. 275 Now at Ashmolean Museum | Text Rev 2-3, 5-6, 8-15 Found Oxyrhynchus, Egypt | |
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Cite Juan Chapa, Oxyrynchus Papyri 66:11-39. (#4499) |
Papyrus 115 (P. Oxy. 4499, designated by
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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
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
9:11
9:13
11:15
12:3
13:8
13:13
14:6
14:20