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

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. It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in

Oxyrhynchus Oxyrhynchus ( ; , ; ; ), also known by its modern name Al-Bahnasa (), is a city in Middle Egypt located about 160 km south-southwest of Cairo in Minya Governorate. It is also an important archaeological site. Since the late 19th century, t ...

. 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. The manuscript was written on

vellum Vellum is prepared animal skin or membrane, typically used as writing material. It is often distinguished from parchment, either by being made from calfskin (rather than the skin of other animals), or simply by being of a higher quality. Vellu ...

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 script (written entirely in capital letters) commonly used from the 4th to 8th centuries AD by Latin and Greek scribes. Uncial letters were used to write Greek and Latin, as well as Gothic, and are the current style for ...

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

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References

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

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