Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 269

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 269 (P. Oxy. 269 or P. Oxy. II 269) is a fragment of a Loan of Money, in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It is dated to 13 May 57. Currently it is housed in the University of Pennsylvania (E 2760) in Philadelphia.[1][2]

Description

The document is an acknowledgment of a loan of 52 silver drachmae for a term of rather more than three months from Tryphon, son Dionysius, to Dioscorus.[3]

The measurements of the fragment are 205 by 330 mm. The document is mutilated.[3]

It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1899.[3]

gollark: Firecubez contains no* hypocrisy.
gollark: Wrong. The "youtuber" "styropyro" has more than that, and is apparently beeinated by the algorithm often.
gollark: You *might* do well. You also probably *won't*, based on what actually happens on average. And YouTube can arbitrarily bee you at any time even if you are moderately large.
gollark: I don't think this is accurate, however.
gollark: https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/07/28/700000-lines-of-code-20-years-and-one-developer-how-dwarf-fortress-is-built/?cb=1

See also

References
  1. P. Oxy. 269 at the Oxyrhynchus Online
  2. Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens Archived 2012-01-10 at the Library of Congress Web Archives
  3. Grenfell, B. P.; Hunt, A. S. (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri II. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. pp. 250–252.

 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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