Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 254

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 254 (P. Oxy. 254 or P. Oxy. II 254) is a fragment of a census return, in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It is dated to the years 13-26. Currently it is housed in the Union Theological Seminary (Rare Book Library) in New York City.[1]

Description

It was written by Horion and was addressed to the officials. The measurements of the fragment are 130 by 113 mm. The text is written in an uncial hand.[2]

It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1899.[2]

gollark: Sockets seem to combine UDP datagram handling, TCP *listening*, actual open TCP *connections* and other stuff like raw sockets.
gollark: But they're NOT THE SAME.
gollark: It actually just needed reinstalling.
gollark: Oh no arch is too stable and Firefox is segfaulting ä.
gollark: In general, it packs a lot of somewhat different things into one interface.

See also

References
  1. P. Oxy. 254 at the Oxyrhynchus Online
  2. Grenfell, B. P.; Hunt, A. S. (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri II. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. pp. 207–214.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: B. P. Grenfell; A. S. Hunt (1899). Oxyrhynchus Papyri II. London: Egypt Exploration Fund.


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