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{{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 p<sup>47</sup>, [[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 {{cvt|5.9|x|4.8|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 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 <span style="text-decoration: overline">ΚΣ</span> (''Kurios'', Lord) and <span style="text-decoration: overline">ΧΡΣ</span>) (''Christos'', Christ). The number "twenty four" is also written using an abbreviation — <span style="text-decoration: overline">ΚΔ</span>. All the abbreviations are marked with the superscript bar.

== Text ==
{| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:1em"
|style="text-align:center;"| '''Uncial 0308''' recto
|style="text-align:center;"| Translation
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|{{color|red|το}} η βασιλει{{color|red|α του κος}} 
| The kingdom of the wor-
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|{{color|red|μ}}ου του <span style="text-decoration: overline">ΚΥ</span> ημ{{color|red|ων και}}
| ld belongs to our Lord and
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|{{color|red|το}}υ <span style="text-decoration: overline">ΧΡΥ</span> αυτο{{color|red|υ και βασι}}
| his Christ, and he shall rei-
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|{{color|red|λ}}ευσει εις το{{color|red|υς αιω}}
| gn for ev-
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|νας των αι{{color|red|ωνων}} 
| er and ever
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|και οι <span style="text-decoration: overline">ΚΔ</span> πρ{{color|red|εσβυτεροι οι}} 
| and the 24 elders who
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|ενωπιον {{color|red|του Θεου κα}} 
| sit before God
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|θημεν{{color|red|οι επι τους θρο}} 
| on their thro-
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|νους {{color|red|αυτων επεσαν}}
| nes fell
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|επι {{color|red|τα προσωπα αυτ}} 
| on their faces
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|ω{{color|red|ν και προσεκυνησαν}} 
| and worshipped
|-style="background:#FFEBCD" 
| {{color|red|τω θεω λεγοντες ευχα}} 
| God, saying, we
|-style="background:#FFEBCD" 
| {{red|ριστουμεν σοι <span style="text-decoration: overline">ΚΕ</span>}} ο
| give thanks to thee Lord
|-style="background:#FFEBCD" 
| <span style="color:red;"> <span style="text-decoration: overline">ΘΣ</span> ο παντοκρατορ</span> 
| God Almighty
|} 
{| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:1em"
|style="text-align:center;"| '''Uncial 0308''' verso
|style="text-align:center;"| Translation
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|{{color|red|ο ων κα}}ι ο ην και {{color|red|οτι ει}} 
| who art and who wast
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|{{color|red|ληφ}}ας την δυν{{color|red|αμιν }}
| that thou hast taken thy power
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|{{color|red|σου }}την μεγαλη{{color|red|ν και}}
| great and
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|{{color|red|εβα}}σιλευσας κ{{color|red|αι}} 
| begun to reign
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|{{color|red|τα εθν}}η ωργισθησα{{color|red|ν}} 
| The nations raged
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|{{color|red|και ηλθη}}ν η οργη σο{{color|red|υ}} 
| but thy wrath came
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|{{color|red|και ο καιρο}}ς των νε 
| and the time for the
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|{{color|red|κρων κριθ}}ηναι και
| dead to be judged
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|{{color|red|δουναι τον μι}}σθον 
| for rewarding
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|{{color|red|τοις δουλοις σο}}υ και 
| thy servants and
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|{{color|red|τοις προφηταις κ}}αι 
| the prophets
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
|{{color|red|τοις αγιοις και}} 
| and saints
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
| {{color|red|τοις φοβουμενοις}}
| and those who fear
|-style="background:#FFEBCD"
| {{color|red|το ονομα σου}}
| thy name
|}{{clear left}}

Although the text of the codex is too brief to determine its textual character, it concurs with both [[Codex Sinaiticus]] and with 𝔓<sup>47</sup> ([[Papyrus 47]]), with one exception. In Rev 11:16 it has the textual variant {{lang|grc|κα]θημενο[ι}}, agreeing with [[Codex Alexandrinus]], [[Uncial 051]] and <math>\mathfrak{M}</math><sup>A</sup> against καθηνται—𝔓<sup>47</sup> and [[Codex Ephraemi]]—also οι καθηνται—Sinaiticus and <math>\mathfrak{M}</math><sup>K</sup>.<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 {{lang|grc|και οτι}}, a variant supported by: 𝔓<sup>47</sup>, [[Codex Sinaiticus|א]], [[Codex Ephraemi|C]] and [[Minuscule 2344|2344]]. In Re 11:18 it has textual variant "{{lang|grc|τοις δουλοις σου και τοις προφηταις}}" (like: Sinaiticus and 𝔓<sup>47</sup>),<ref name = Elliott/> [[Textus Receptus]] and NA27 have: "{{lang|grc|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://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/liste/?ObjID=20308 | title = Liste Handschriften |publisher = Institute for New Testament Textual Research | accessdate = 14 August 2020 | location=Münster}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of New Testament uncials]]
* [[Revelation 11]]

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

== 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}}

=== 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 ===
* [https://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

[[Category:Greek New Testament uncials]]
[[Category:4th-century biblical manuscripts]]
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