Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 16

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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 16 (P. Oxy. 16) is a fragment of the fourth book of the History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides (chapters 36-41) in Greek. It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The fragment is dated to the first century. It is housed in the University of Pennsylvania Museum (E 2747).[1] The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.[2]

The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a roll. The measurements of the fragment are 256 by 200 mm. The fragment contains three columns, written in 50-53 lines per column. The text is written in a small and irregular uncial hand.[3]

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  1. P. Oxy. 1 16 LDAB
  2. P. Oxy. 16 at the Oxyrhynchus Online
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