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129.13.108.115: third definition of α

{{New Testament manuscript infobox
| form = Uncial
| number = '''0308'''
| image = Uncial 0308 POxy 4500 recto.jpg
| isize = 220
| caption = Fragment of the text Rev 11:15-16
| name = Oxyrhynchus 4500
| sign =
| text = [[Book of Revelation|Revelation]] 11:15-16; 11:17-18
| script = [[Greek language|Greek]]
| date = c. 350
| found = Oxyrhynchus
| now at = [[Oxford]], [[Sackler Library]] (P. Oxy. 4500)
| cite = W. E. H. Cockle, "4500. Revelation XI 15–16; 17–18", ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|OP]]'' LXVI (London, 1999)
| size = 5.9 cm x 4.8 cm (8 x 8 cm)
| type = [[Alexandrian text-type]] (?)
| cat = none
| hand =
| note = concurs with p47, [[Codex Sinaiticus|א]]
}}

'''Codex 0308''' (in the [[Biblical manuscript#Gregory-Aland|Gregory-Aland]] numbering), is one of the recently registered [[New Testament]] Greek [[uncial]] [[manuscript]]s. 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 by 4.8 cm (8 x 8 cm) 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 longer the 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 ==

<div style="-moz-column-count:2; column-count:2;">
{| class="wikitable"
| <center> '''Uncial 0308''' recto </center>
| <center> Translation </center>
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|'''το η βασιλεια του κος'''
| The kingdom of the wor-
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|'''μου του ΚΥ ημων και'''
| ld belongs to our Lord and
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|'''του ΧΡΥ αυτου και βασι'''
| his Christ, and he shall rei-
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|'''λευσει εις τους αιω'''
| gn for ev-
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|'''νας των αιωνων'''
| er and ever
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|'''και οι ΚΔ πρεσβυτεροι οι'''
| and the 24 elders who
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|'''ενωπιον του Θεου κα'''
| sit before God
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|'''θημενοι επι τους θρο'''
| on their thro-
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|'''νους αυτων επεσαν'''
| nes fell
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|'''επι τα προσωπα αυτ'''
| on their faces
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|'''ων και προσεκυνησαν'''
| and worshipped
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
| '''τω θεω λεγοντες ευχα'''
| God, saying, we
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
| '''ριστουμεν σοι ΚΕ ο '''
| give thanks to thee Lord
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
| ''' ΘΣ ο παντοκρατορ '''
| God Almighty
|}

{| class="wikitable"
| <center> '''Uncial 0308''' verso </center>
| <center> Translation </center>
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|'''ο ων και ο ην και οτι ει'''
| who art and who wast
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|'''ληφας την δυναμιν '''
| that you taken thy power
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|'''σου την μεγαλην και'''
| great and
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|'''εβασιλευσας και'''
| begun to reign
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|'''τα εθνη ωργισθησαν'''
| The nations raged
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|'''και ηλθην η οργη σου'''
| but thy wrath came
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|'''και ο καιρος των νε'''
| and the time for the
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|'''κρων κριθηναι και'''
| dead to be judged
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|'''δουναι τον μισθον'''
| for rewarding
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|'''τοις δουλοις σου και'''
| thy servants and
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|'''τοις προφηταις και'''
| the prophets
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|'''τοις αγιοις και'''
| and saints
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
| '''τοις φοβουμενοις'''
| and those who fear
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
| '''το ονομα σου'''
| thy name
|}
</div>

Although the text of the codex is too brief to determine its textual character, it concurs with both [[Codex Sinaiticus]] and with <math>\mathfrak{P}</math>47 ([[Papyrus 47]]), with one exception.
In Rev 11:16 it has the textual variant κα]θημενο[ι, agreeing with [[Codex Alexandrinus]], [[Uncial 051]] and <math>\mathfrak{M}</math>A against καθηνται—<math>\mathfrak{P}</math>47 and [[Codex Ephraemi]]—also οι καθηνται—Sinaiticus and <math>\mathfrak{M}</math>K.<ref name = Elliott>J. K. Elliott, "Seven Recently Published New Testament Fragments from Oxyrhynchus", ''Novum Testamentum'' XLII, p. 212.</ref>
In Rev 11:17 it has και οτι, a variant supported by: <math>\mathfrak{P}</math>47, [[Codex Sinaiticus|א]], [[Codex Ephraemi|C]] and [[Minuscule 2344|2344]].
In Re 11:18 it has textual variant "τοις δουλοις σου και τοις προφηταις" (like: Sinaiticus and <math>\mathfrak{P}</math>47),<ref name = Elliott/> [[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.<ref>W. E. H. Cockle, "4500. Revelation XI 15–16; 17–18", ''The Oxyrhynchus Papyri'' LXVI (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1999).</ref>

It is cataloged among the [[Oxyrhynchus Papyri]] as ''P. Oxy.'' 4500, and is now part of the [[Sackler Library]] collection in [[Oxford]].<ref name = INTF>{{Cite web |url=http://intf.uni-muenster.de/vmr/NTVMR/ListeHandschriften.php?ObjID=20308 |title=Liste Handschriften |publisher=Institute for New Testament Textual Research |accessdate=25 April 2011|location=Münster}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of New Testament uncials]]
* [[Textual criticism]]

== References ==

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

== External links ==
{{Commonscat|Uncial 0308 (GA)}}
=== Images ===
* [http://163.1.169.40/cgi-bin/library?e=q-000-00---0POxy--00-0-0--0prompt-10---4----ded--0-1l--1-en-50---20-about-4500--00031-001-1-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&c=POxy&cl=search&d=HASH1b0ac52baff3791cd13554 P.Oxy. LXVI 4500] from [[Oxford University]]'s official [[papyrology]] website "POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online"

=== Official registration ===
* [http://www.uni-muenster.de/NTTextforschung/KgLSGII08_02_27.pdf#page=3 "Continuation of the Manuscript List"], ''[[Institute for New Testament Textual Research]]'', [[University of Münster]]. Retrieved April 9, 2008

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[[Category:4th-century biblical manuscripts]]

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