Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 31 (P. Oxy. 31) contains two fragments of the first book ofVirgil'sAeneid (457-467 and 495–507) written inLatin. It was discovered byGrenfell andHunt in 1897 inOxyrhynchus. The fragment is dated to the fifth century. It is housed in theCambridge University Library. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.^[1]

The manuscript was written onpapyrus 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 theRibbeck text (1860).^[2]

• Oxyrhynchus Papyri
• Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 30
• Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 32

 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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