Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 270 (P. Oxy. 270 orP. Oxy. II 270) is a fragment of an Indemnification of a Surety, inGreek. It was discovered inOxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written onpapyrus in the form of a sheet. It is dated between 26 January - 24 February 94. Currently it is housed in theBritish Library (Department of Manuscripts 793) inLondon.[1]
The document is an agreement executed at Oxyrhynchus in the 13th year ofDomitian between Lucia, with her second cousin Heras as guardian, and Sarapion. Sarapion had become surety for Lucia for the repayment of a loan of 3500drachmae for two years and interest at the usual rate of 12 per cent a year, lent to Lucia by Heraclides on the security of various farms belonging to her.[2]
The measurements of the fragment are 387 by 158 mm. The document is mutilated.[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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