Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 28 (P. Oxy. 28) is a manuscript consisting of fragments of the third book of ''
Hellenica'' (chapter 1) by
Xenophon
Xenophon of Athens (; grc, Ξενοφῶν ; – probably 355 or 354 BC) was a Greek military leader, philosopher, and historian, born in Athens. At the age of 30, Xenophon was elected commander of one of the biggest Greek mercenary armies o ...
, written in
Greek
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. It was discovered by
Grenfell and
Hunt
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in 1897 in
Oxyrhynchus. The fragment is dated to the second century. It is housed in the library of the
University of St Andrews
(Aien aristeuein)
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. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.
[P. Oxy. 28]
at the Oxyrhynchus Online
The manuscript was written on
papyrus
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in the form of a roll. Three consecutive columns have survived. The measurements of a single column are 122 by 125 mm. The text is written in a nearly upright square
uncial
Uncial is a majuscule Glaister, Geoffrey Ashall. (1996) ''Encyclopedia of the Book''. 2nd edn. New Castle, DE, and London: Oak Knoll Press & The British Library, p. 494. script (written entirely in capital letters) commonly used from the 4th to ...
hand. In the upper margin are some semi-
cursive scholia
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, written in a more formal hand than the text.
Iota adscript
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is commonly written. Grenfell and Hunt collated the text of the manuscript on the basis of Keller's edition (1890).
See also
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Oxyrhynchus Papyri
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri are a group of manuscripts discovered during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by papyrologists Bernard Pyne Grenfell and Arthur Surridge Hunt at an ancient rubbish dump near Oxyrhynchus in Egypt (, mo ...
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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 27
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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 29
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 29 (P. Oxy. 29) is a fragment of the second book of the '' Elements'' of Euclid in Greek. It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The fragment was originally dated to the end of the third century or th ...
References
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2nd-century manuscripts
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