Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 57
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 57 (P. Oxy. 57) is a letter relating to a
Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The document was written between 195 and 196 CE. It is housed at Johns Hopkins University. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.[1]
The letter was addressed to Apion, ex-nome, with request for the payment of a sum of money left unpaid by one of Apion's former subordinates. It was written by Aurelius Apolinarius, a strategus of the Oxyrhynchus nome. The measurements of the fragment are 270 by 91 mm.[2]
See also
References
- ^ P. Oxy. 57 at the Oxyrhynchus Online
- ^ Grenfell, B. P.; Hunt, A. S. (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. pp. 115–116.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: B. P. Grenfell; A. S. Hunt (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund.