Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 276
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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 276 (P. Oxy. 276 or P. Oxy. II 276) is a fragment of a Transport 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 5 September 77. Currently it is housed in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of the Yale University (38) in New Haven.[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=HASH66d3681e4cf53cce92ae08 P. Oxy. 276] at the Oxyrhynchus Online
Description
The document was written by Ptollas. It is an acknowledgment of receipt addressed by three steermen on a cargo-boat, one of whom is a Jew, through a soldier of the second legion who was sailing on their boat, to the sitologi of a village. The receipt related to a cargo of corn which was being conveyed to Alexandria.{{r|OPII}}
The measurements of the fragment are 109 by 105 mm.{{Cite book
| last = Grenfell
| first = B. P.
| author-link = Bernard Pyne Grenfell
| last2 = Hunt
| first2 = A. S.
| author-link2 = Arthur Surridge Hunt
| title = Oxyrhynchus Papyri II
| publisher = Egypt Exploration Fund
| year = 1898
| location = London
| pages = 264–265
| url = https://archive.org/stream/oxyrhynchuspappt02grenuoft#page/264/mode/2up
}}
It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1899.{{r|OPII}}
See also
References
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