Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment
Date: late 2nd century CE
Dimensions:
maximum: 1 7/16 × 1 1/4 in. (3.7 × 3.2 cm)
Medium: India ink on papyrus
Place of Origin: Egypt
Classification: Manuscripts
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1915.23
DescriptionThe papyrus, written in Greek on both sides, contains a fragment of the work of the poet Archilochus, which was known only in part before the discovery of this papyrus.
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