Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 229 (P. Oxy. 229 orP. Oxy. II 229) is a fragment of thePhaedo, a dialogue byPlato, written inGreek. It was discovered inOxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written onpapyrus in the form of a roll. It is dated to the second or third century. Currently it is housed in theBritish Library (Department of Manuscripts, 786) inLondon.[1]
The document was written by an unknown copyist. It contains part of the text of thePhaedo (109 C, D). The measurements of the fragment are 170 by 49 mm. The text is written in a small crampeduncial hand. It usesbreathing and accents. There are two lines at the top in acursive hand, which appear to be a heading. It does not have any remarkable textual variations. The occasional corrections were inserted after the writing, possibly by the original scribe.[2]
It was discovered byGrenfell andHunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. 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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