Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 21

{{short description|Greek papyrus fragment}}

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 21 (P. Oxy. 21) is a fragment of the second book of the Iliad (Β, 745-764), written in Greek. It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The fragment is dated to the first or second century AD. It is housed in the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures at the University of Chicago. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.[http://163.1.169.40/cgi-bin/library?e=d-000-00---0POxy--00-0-0--0prompt-10---4----ded--0-1l--1-en-50---20-about-1708--00031-001-1-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&c=POxy&cl=CL5.1.1&d=HASH66d2209e4ce514a692ae08 P. Oxy. 21] at the Oxyrhynchus Online

The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a roll. The measurements of the fragment are {{cvt|200|x|147|mm}}. The fragment contains 20 lines of text. The text is written in a large round upright uncial hand. There are rough breathings and accents.{{Cite book

| last = Grenfell

| first = B. P.

| author-link = Bernard Pyne Grenfell

| last2 = Hunt

| first2 = A. S.

| author-link2 = Arthur Surridge Hunt

| title = Oxyrhynchus Papyri I

| publisher = Egypt Exploration Society

| year = 1898

| location = London

| pages = 47

| url = https://archive.org/stream/oxyrhynchuspapyr01grenuoft#page/n77/mode/2up

}}