Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment with Literary Composition Treatise

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Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment with Literary Composition Treatise

Place of OriginEgypt

Date3rd century CE

Dimensionsmaximum as preserved in modern mount: 12 1/2 × 6 1/8 in. (31.8 × 15.6 cm)

MediumIndia ink on papyrus

ClassificationManuscripts

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1915.47

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DescriptionThis papyrus, written in Greek on both sides, is a treatise on literary composition.

Published References

Hunt, 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.

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