Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 11

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 11 (P. Oxy. 11) is a fragment of a lost comedy, written in Greek. It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The fragment is dated to the first or second century. It is housed in the British Library (Department of Manuscripts). The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.[1]

The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a roll. The measures of the fragment are 144 by 142 mm. The fragment contains two columns. The text is written in good-sized round upright uncial letters. Accents and rough breathings are given occasionally.[2]

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References

  1. P. Oxy. 11 at the Oxyrhynchus Online
  2. Grenfell, B. P.; Hunt, A. S. (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London. pp. 22–25.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: B. P. Grenfell; A. S. Hunt (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. 

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