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]

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]

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 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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