Uncial 0308

Uncial **0308**
New Testament manuscript
	Fragment of the text Rev 11:15-16
Name	Oxyrhynchus 4500
Text	Revelation 11:15-16; 11:17-18
Date	c. 350
Script	Greek
Found	Oxyrhynchus
Now at	Oxford, Sackler Library (P. Oxy. 4500)
Cite	W. E. H. Cockle, "4500. Revelation XI 15–16; 17–18", OP LXVI (London, 1999)
Size	5.9 cm x 4.8 cm (8 x 8 cm)
Type	Alexandrian text-type (?)
Category	none
Note	concurs with p47, א

Last updated November 19, 2024

Codex 0308 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is one of the recently registered New Testament Greek uncial manuscripts. It consists of only a fragment of a single parchment leaf of a fourth-century codex, containing portions of the eleventh chapter of the Book of Revelation.

Description

The surviving texts of Revelation are verses 11:15-16 and 11:17-18; they are in fragmentary condition. Uncial 0308 measures 5.9 cm × 4.8 cm (2.3 in × 1.9 in) with the surviving leaf having 11 lines out of an original 14 (see reconstruction below). The text was written one column to a page, though line lengths were irregular. The letters Ε (epsilon) and Θ (theta) have an extended middle line, and they are similar to those from Codex Washingtonianus. These characters appear influenced by the shape of Coptic letters. The nomina sacra attested in this uncial fragment are ΚΣ (Kurios, Lord) and ΧΡΣ) (Christos, Christ). The number "twenty four" is also written using an abbreviation — ΚΔ. All the abbreviations are marked with the superscript bar.

Text

Uncial 0308 recto	Translation
το η βασιλεια του κος	The kingdom of the wor-
μου του ΚΥ ημων και	ld belongs to our Lord and
του ΧΡΥ αυτου και βασι	his Christ, and he shall rei-
λευσει εις τους αιω	gn for ev-
νας των αιωνων	er and ever
και οι ΚΔ πρεσβυτεροι οι	and the 24 elders who
ενωπιον του Θεου κα	sit before God
θημενοι επι τους θρο	on their thro-
νους αυτων επεσαν	nes fell
επι τα προσωπα αυτ	on their faces
ων και προσεκυνησαν	and worshipped
τω θεω λεγοντες ευχα	God, saying, we
{{{1}}} ο	give thanks to thee Lord
ΘΣ ο παντοκρατορ	God Almighty

Uncial 0308 verso	Translation
ο ων και ο ην και οτι ει	who art and who wast
ληφας την δυναμιν	that thou hast taken thy power
σου την μεγαλην και	great and
εβασιλευσας και	begun to reign
τα εθνη ωργισθησαν	The nations raged
και ηλθην η οργη σου	but thy wrath came
και ο καιρος των νε	and the time for the
κρων κριθηναι και	dead to be judged
δουναι τον μισθον	for rewarding
τοις δουλοις σου και	thy servants and
τοις προφηταις και	the prophets
τοις αγιοις και	and saints
τοις φοβουμενοις	and those who fear
το ονομα σου	thy name

Although the text of the codex is too brief to determine its textual character, it concurs with both Codex Sinaiticus and with 𝔓⁴⁷ (Papyrus 47), with one exception. In Rev 11:16 it has the textual variant κα]θημενο[ι, agreeing with Codex Alexandrinus, Uncial 051 and ${\mathfrak {M}}$ ^A against καθηνται—𝔓⁴⁷ and Codex Ephraemi—also οι καθηνται—Sinaiticus and ${\mathfrak {M}}$ ^K.^[1] In Rev 11:17 it has και οτι, a variant supported by: 𝔓⁴⁷, א, C and 2344. In Re 11:18 it has textual variant "τοις δουλοις σου και τοις προφηταις" (like: Sinaiticus and 𝔓⁴⁷),^[1] Textus Receptus and NA27 have: "τοις δουλοις σου τοις προφηταις". It differs two times with NA27 (και used 2 times more). The text of the codex was published by W. E. H. Cockle in 1999.^[2]

It is cataloged among the Oxyrhynchus Papyri as P. Oxy. 4500, and is now part of the Sackler Library collection in Oxford.^[3]

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References

1 2 J. K. Elliott, "Seven Recently Published New Testament Fragments from Oxyrhynchus", Novum Testamentum XLII, p. 212.
↑ W. E. H. Cockle, "4500. Revelation XI 15–16; 17–18", The Oxyrhynchus Papyri LXVI (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1999).
↑ "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 14 August 2020.

External links

Images

P.Oxy. LXVI 4500 from Oxford University's official papyrology website "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online"

Official registration

"Continuation of the Manuscript List", Institute for New Testament Textual Research , University of Münster. Retrieved April 9, 2008

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[Elliott-1] 1 2 J. K. Elliott, "Seven Recently Published New Testament Fragments from Oxyrhynchus", Novum Testamentum XLII, p. 212.

[2] W. E. H. Cockle, "4500. Revelation XI 15–16; 17–18", The Oxyrhynchus Papyri LXVI (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1999).

[INTF-3] "Liste Handschriften". Münster: Institute for New Testament Textual Research. Retrieved 14 August 2020.

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