Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 19 (P. Oxy. 19) is a fragment of the first book of theHistories ofHerodotus (chapter 76), written inGreek. It was discovered byGrenfell andHunt in 1897 inOxyrhynchus. The fragment is dated to the second or third century. It is housed inPrinceton University Library (Curator of Manuscripts). The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.[1]
The manuscript was written onpapyrus in a roll. The fragment is 125 by 80 mm and contains 16 lines of text. The text is written in small squareuncial script.[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.