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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 260 (P. Oxy. 260 or P. Oxy. II 260) is a fragment of a Promise of Attendance in Court, in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It is dated to 3 July 59. Currently it is housed in the Trinity College (Pap. D 3) in Dublin. [1]

Description

The document is a declaration of the two men, Antiphanes, son of Ammonius, and Antiphanes, son of Heraclas, that they would attend the court in Alexandria for a stated period. The measurements of the fragment are 277 by 115 mm. The text is written in an uncial hand. [2]

It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1899. [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ P. Oxy. 260 at the Oxyrhynchus Online
  2. ^ a b Grenfell, B. P.; Hunt, A. S. (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri II. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. pp. 229–230.

Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainB. P. Grenfell; A. S. Hunt (1899). Oxyrhynchus Papyri II. London: Egypt Exploration Fund.