Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 9
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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 9 is a fragment of the "Ruthmica Stoicheia" of Aristoxenus of Tarentum, written in Greek
. It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus
. The fragment is dated to the third century. It is housed at Trinity College, Dublin
. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.
The manuscript was written on papyrus
in a form of the scroll. The measurements of the fragment are 227 by 435 mm. The fragment contains a five-column fragment of a treatise on meter. The text is written in an upright uncial hand.
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
. It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus
Oxyrhynchus
Oxyrhynchus is a city in Upper Egypt, located about 160 km south-southwest of Cairo, in the governorate of Al Minya. It is also an archaeological site, considered one of the most important ever discovered...
. The fragment is dated to the third century. It is housed at Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin , formally known as the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I as the "mother of a university", Extracts from Letters Patent of Elizabeth I, 1592: "...we...found and...
. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.
The manuscript was written on papyrus
Papyrus
Papyrus is a thick paper-like material produced from the pith of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland sedge that was once abundant in the Nile Delta of Egypt....
in a form of the scroll. The measurements of the fragment are 227 by 435 mm. The fragment contains a five-column fragment of a treatise on meter. The text is written in an upright uncial hand.