Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment with Literary Composition Treatise
Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment with Literary Composition Treatise
Place of OriginEgypt
Date3rd 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.
late 2nd century CE
obverse 233-235 CE, reverse mid 3rd century CE
late 2nd century CE
late 3rd century CE
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