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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 29 (P. Oxy. 29) is a fragment of the second book of the '' Elements'' of
One of the oldest extant diagrams from Euclid
/ref> It is housed in the library of the University of Pennsylvania (in a ''University Museum'', E 2748). The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.P. Oxy. 29
at the Oxyrhynchus Online
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 29 (P. Oxy. 29) is a fragment of the second book of the '' Elements'' of Euclid
Euclid (; grc-gre, Εὐκλείδης; BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician active as a geometer and logician. Considered the "father of geometry", he is chiefly known for the ''Elements'' treatise, which established the foundations of ge ...
in Greek. It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt
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in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus
Oxyrhynchus (; grc-gre, Ὀξύρρυγχος, Oxýrrhynchos, sharp-nosed; ancient Egyptian ''Pr-Medjed''; cop, or , ''Pemdje''; ar, البهنسا, ''Al-Bahnasa'') is a city in Middle Egypt located about 160 km south-southwest of Cai ...
. The fragment was originally dated to the end of the third century or the beginning of the fourth century, although more recent scholarship suggests a date of 75–125 CE. Bill CasselmanOne of the oldest extant diagrams from Euclid
/ref> It is housed in the library of the University of Pennsylvania (in a ''University Museum'', E 2748). The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.P. Oxy. 29
at the Oxyrhynchus Online
Description
The manuscript was written on papyrus in sloping irregular uncial letters, with noiota adscript
The iota subscript is a diacritic mark in the Greek alphabet shaped like a small vertical stroke or miniature iota placed below the letter. It can occur with the vowel letters eta , omega , and alpha . It represents the former presence of a ...
, and with slight spelling errors. The fragment measures 85 by 152 mm.
The fragment provides a statement of the 5th proposition of Book 2 of the ''Elements'', together with an unlabelled diagram, and a tiny part of the preceding proposition. No part of the proof is provided. In translation, the statement is "If a straight line be cut into equal and unequal segments, the rectangle contained by the unequal segments of the whole together with the square on the straight line between the points of section is equal to the square on the half."
See also
*Oxyrhynchus Papyri
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri are a group of manuscripts discovered during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by papyrologists Bernard Pyne Grenfell and Arthur Surridge Hunt at an ancient rubbish dump near Oxyrhynchus in Egypt (, moder ...
* Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 28
* Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 30 Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 30 (P. Oxy. 30) is a historical fragment in Latin. It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The fragment is dated to the third century. It is housed in the Department of Manuscripts of the British Library. ...
References
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