Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 26 (P. Oxy. 26) is a fragment ofProoimia Demegorica (26-29) byDemosthenes, written inGreek. It was discovered byGrenfell andHunt in 1897 inOxyrhynchus. The fragment is dated to the second century. It is housed in theBritish Library (Department of Manuscripts). The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.[1]
The manuscript was written onpapyrus in the form of a roll. The measurements of the fragment are 115 by 526 mm. The text on recto is written in a medium-sizeduncial hand. There are occasional stops and marks, a few corrections were made in a laterhalf-uncial hand. Grenfell and Hunt collated the text of the manuscript on the basis of the Dindor-Blass edition (1885).[2]
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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.
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