Papyrus 115
Papyrus 115 ("P. Oxy." 4499, designated by formula_1 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 third century, "c." 225-275 AD. Grenfell and Hunt discovered the papyrus in Oxyrhynchus, Egypt. formula_1 was not deciphered and published until the end of the twentieth 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: , , , , , , , , , , , , . 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 formula_1 is that it gives the number of the beast in Revelation 13:18 as 616 (chi, iota, stigma ()), rather than the majority reading of 666 (chi, xi, stigma (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  η ("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