Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 31 (P. Oxy. 31) contains two fragments of the first book of
Virgil's ''
Aeneid'' (457-467 and 495–507) written in
Latin. It was discovered by
Grenfell and
Hunt in 1897 in
Oxyrhynchus
Oxyrhynchus (; grc-gre, Ὀξύρρυγχος, Oxýrrhynchos, sharp-nosed; ancient Egyptian ''Pr-Medjed''; cop, or , ''Pemdje''; ar, البهنسا, ''Al-Bahnasa'') is a city in Middle Egypt located about 160 km south-southwest of Cairo ...
. The fragment is dated to the fifth century. It is housed in the
Cambridge University Library. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.
[P. Oxy. 31]
at the Oxyrhynchus Online
The manuscript was written on
papyrus in the form of a codex. The measurements of the fragment are 66 by 54 mm. The original page was about 26 cm high. The text is written in a small upright semi-
uncial hand in brown ink. Grenfell and Hunt collated the text of the fragment on the basis of the
Ribbeck text (1860).
See also
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Oxyrhynchus Papyri
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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 30
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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 32
References
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5th-century manuscripts
Manuscripts in Cambridge