Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment with Literary Composition Treatise
Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment with Literary Composition Treatise
Place of OriginEgypt
DateRoman Period, 3rd century CE
Dimensionsoverall maximum as preserved in modern mount: 10 3/16 × 5 3/16 in. (25.9 × 13.2 cm)
overall approximate width of entire original document: 29 1/2 in. (74.9 cm)
overall approximate width of entire original document: 29 1/2 in. (74.9 cm)
MediumIndia ink on papyrus
ClassificationManuscripts
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1915.44
Not on View
DescriptionThis papyrus, written in Greek on both sides, is a treatise on literary composition.
Published ReferencesHunt, Arthur S., The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, London, 1910, vol. VII, pp. 82-103, no. 1012.
Corpus dei papiri filosofici greci e latini, Florence, 1989, vol. I, pp. 152 -157, 244; vol. II, pp. 162, 214 -219.
Nongbri, Brent, "Reconsidering the Place of Papyrus Bodmer XIV-XV (𝔓75) in the Textual Criticism of the New Testament," in the Journal of Biblical Literature, JBL 135, no. 2, 2016, repr. fig. 8, p. 418.
Roman Period, 3rd century CE
Roman Period, 3rd century CE
Roman Period, 3rd century CE
Roman Period, late 2nd century CE
Mid-3rd century CE
Roman Period, late 2nd century CE
Roman Period, late 3rd century CE
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