Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment
Date: 2nd century
Dimensions:
maximum of larger piece: 9 5/16 × 4 1/16 in. (23.7 × 10.3 cm)
maximum of smaller piece: 3 1/8 × 1 in. (7.9 × 2.5 cm)
Medium: India ink on papyrus
Place of Origin: Egypt
Classification: Manuscripts
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1915.30
DescriptionThis papyrus, written in Greek, contains an extant passage of Book VIII of Thucydides' The Pelopennesian Wars.
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