Papyrus 115
| New Testament manuscript | |
Red arrow points to χιϛ (616), "number of the beast" in P115 | |
| Name | P. Oxy. 4499 |
|---|---|
| Text | Rev 2-3, 5-6, 8-15 |
| Date | c. 225-275 |
| Found | Oxyrhynchus, Egypt |
| Now at | Ashmolean Museum |
| Cite | Juan Chapa, Oxyrynchus Papyri 66:11-39. (#4499) |
| Size | 26 fragments; 15.5 x 23.5 cm; 33-36 lines/page |
| Type | Alexandrian, close agreement with A & C |
| Category | I |
| Note | Gives number of the beast as 616 |
Papyrus 115, also known as P. Oxy. 4499, is a fragmented manuscript of the New Testament written in Greek on papyrus. It is designated by the siglum 𝔓115 in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts. It consists of 26 fragments of a codex containing parts of the Book of Revelation. Using the study of comparative writing styles (palaeography), the manuscript is dated to the third century, c. 225-275 AD. Scholars Bernard Pyne Grenfell and Arthur Hunt discovered the papyrus in Oxyrhynchus, Egypt.
𝔓115 was not deciphered and published until 2011. It is currently housed at the Ashmolean Museum.