Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 212 (P. Oxy. 212 orP. Oxy. II 212) consists of three fragments of acomedy ofAristophanes, written inGreek. It was discovered inOxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written onpapyrus in the form of a roll. It is dated to the first or second century. Currently it is housed in theBritish Library (Department of Manuscripts, 782) inLondon.[1]
The document was written by an unknown copyist. The measurements of the fragment are 219 by 116 mm. The text is written in a large round uprightuncial hand. There is a tendency to separate words.[2]
The hands of two correctors may be distinguished.[3]
It was discovered byGrenfell andHunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus, together with a large number of documents dated in the reigns ofVespasian,Domitian, andTrajan. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1899.[2]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: B. P. Grenfell; A. S. Hunt (1899).Oxyrhynchus Papyri II. London: Egypt Exploration Fund.
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