Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 238 (P. Oxy. 238 orP. Oxy. II 238) is a notice issued by an official, presumably thestrategos, and written inGreek. It was discovered inOxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written onpapyrus in the form of a sheet. It is dated between 29 August and 27 September 72. Currently it is housed in theTrinity College Library inDublin.[1]
The notice orders all people who had deposited business documents which were still "meteoroi" (μετέωροι) to appear before theagoranomi and complete the documents. The meaning of the word "μετέωροι" is obscure as applied to contracts but it seems to mean "incompleted." This manuscript sheds some light on the organization of repositories of public records in Oxyrhynchus as opposed to inFaiyum. The handwriting is a large, clearsemi-uncial script. The measurements of the fragment are 194 by 96 mm.[2]
It was discovered byGrenfell andHunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1899.[2]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: B. P. Grenfell; A. S. Hunt (1899).Oxyrhynchus Papyri II. London: Egypt Exploration Fund.
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