Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 30 (P. Oxy. 30) is a historical fragment in

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. It was discovered by Grenfell and

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in 1897 in

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. The fragment is dated to the third century. It is housed in the Department of Manuscripts of the

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. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.P. Oxy. 30
at the Oxyrhynchus Online The manuscript was written on

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in the form of a codex. The measures of a single leaf are 86 by 50 mm. The text is written in an

uncial Uncial is a majuscule Glaister, Geoffrey Ashall. (1996) ''Encyclopedia of the Book''. 2nd edn. New Castle, DE, and London: Oak Knoll Press & The British Library, p. 494. script (written entirely in capital letters) commonly used from the 4th ...

letters. The words are not divided at the end of lines. The subject of the composition was probably the

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{{P.Oxy.I.source 030 3rd-century manuscripts Macedonian Wars British Library collections

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