Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 16 (P. Oxy. 16) is a fragment of the fourth book of theHistory of the Peloponnesian War byThucydides (chapters 36-41) inGreek. It was discovered byGrenfell andHunt in 1897 inOxyrhynchus. The fragment is dated to the first century. It is housed in theUniversity of Pennsylvania Museum (E 2747).[1] The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.[2]
The manuscript was written onpapyrus 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 irregularuncial hand.[3]
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: B. P. Grenfell; A. S. Hunt (1898).Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund.