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| Keywords: P. Oxy. LXVI 4499 .jpg en Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 4499/P<sup>115</sup> This volume of Oxyrhynchus Papyri contains a fragmentary papyrus of Revelation which is the earliest known witness to some sections late third / early fourth century One feature of particular interest is the number that this papyrus assigns to the Beast 616 rather than the usual 666 665 is also found We knew that this variant existed Irenaeus cites and refutes it But this is the earliest instance that has so far been found The number ” chi iota stigma hexakosiai deka hex ” is in the third line of the fragment shown below 2011-08-21 original version at http //www csad ox ac uk/POxy/beast616 htm Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents CSAD Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents Original uploader was Iancarter at http //en wikipedia org en wikipedia Author of the ruler is Kalan White ruler by User Mendelo thumb left PD-old PD-Art Papyrus 115 | ||||
