Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 287

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 287 (P. Oxy. 287 or P. Oxy. II 287) is a fragment of a Payment of Corn, in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It is dated to the 23 November 23. Currently it is housed in the library of the Columbia University (Head of Special Collections) in New York City.[1]

Description

The measurements of the fragment are 125 by 110 mm. The document is mutilated.[2]

The document is a petition was written by an unknown author, and was addressed to the sitologi of a division of the lower toparchy.[1][2]

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

gollark: I don't think voting would make the government do what you want *either*.
gollark: Plus travel time and possible queueing.
gollark: Yes. It's not very effective, but it at least shows you really don't like the options!
gollark: Solution: don't vote, but then whenever anyone brings up the subject, just change the subject and distract them.
gollark: > Why is the IQ of everyone using Twitter, Facebook, etc all like 40? It’s amazing just how dumb people on social media areThey have incentives to show you stuff which will make you very outraged, to boost engagement.

See also

References
  1. P. Oxy. 287 at the Oxyrhynchus Online
  2. Grenfell, B. P.; Hunt, A. S. (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri II. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. pp. 279–280.

 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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