A 1,700-year-old papyrus fragment gives the Number of the Beast as 616. Later manuscripts say 666. Both add up to Nero in Hebrew numerals; the Latin spelling of his name drops a letter worth 50.
The oldest surviving Book of Revelation says the beast's number is 616In 2005, scholars revealed a fragment of papyrus 115 containing the earliest known copy of the passage in the Book of Revelation that names the Number of the Beast. It…boingboing.net