Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 291

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 291 (P. Oxy. 291 or P. Oxy. II 291) is a fragment of a Letter of a Strategus, in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It was written between 25–26. Currently it is housed in the British Library (Department of Manuscripts 800) in London.[1]

Description

The measurements of the fragment are 230 by 150 mm. The document is mutilated.[2]

The document was written by Chaereas and was addressed to Tyrannus. It contains a Letter of a Strategus, with a reference to certain details of financial administration.[1][2]

The text is written in a fine, bold, semi-uncial hand, with an unusual tendency to separation of words. P.Oxy 292 is of the same handwriting. Probably it was written by a professional scribe attached to the strategus.[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: Budgie forever!
gollark: That is a terrible example.
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gollark: 🇮 🇼 🇴 🇷 🇰 🇪 🇩 🇭 🇦 🇷 🇩 🇴 🇳 🇲 🇴 🇩 🇮 🇫 🇾 🇮 🇳 🇬 @🇺 🇲 🇳 🇮 🇰 🇴 🇸 '🇨 🇴 🇩 🇪 🇸 🇱 🇮 🇬 🇭 🇹 🇱 🇾 .
gollark: 🇳 🇪 🇻 🇪 🇷

See also

References
  1. P. Oxy. 291 at the Oxyrhynchus Online
  2. Grenfell, B. P.; Hunt, A. S. (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri II. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. pp. 290–291.

 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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