Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 299 Explained

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 299 (P. Oxy. 299 or P. Oxy. II 299) is a fragment of a Letter concerning a Mouse-Catcher, in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It was written in the late first century. Formerly it was held in the Bradfield College. The actual owner of the codex and place of its housing is unknown.[1]

Description

The measurements of the fragment are 54 by 108 mm.[2]

The document was written by Horus to Appion about the payment of a mouse-catcher. It was published by Bernard Pyne Grenfell and Arthur Surridge Hunt in 1899.

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Notes and References

  1. http://163.1.169.40/cgi-bin/library?e=d-000-00---0POxy--00-0-0--0prompt-10---4------0-1l--1-en-50---20-about---00031-001-1-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&c=POxy&cl=CL5.1.2&d=HASH66d3681e4cf54ce692ae08 P. Oxy. 299
  2. Book: Grenfell , B. P. . Bernard Pyne Grenfell. Hunt . A. S. . Arthur Surridge Hunt. Oxyrhynchus Papyri II. Egypt Exploration Fund. 1898. London. 300–301.