Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 271 (P. Oxy. 271 orP. Oxy. II 271) is a fragment of a Transfer of a Debt, inGreek. It was discovered inOxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written onpapyrus in the form of a sheet. It was written after 26 August 56. Currently it is housed in theHoughton Library of theHarvard University inCambridge.[1]
The document is a contract between Heraclea, with her guardian Nicippus, son of Nicippus, a member of the Althacan deme, and Papontos, by the terms of which Heraclea makes over to Papontos the right of execution on account of a sum of 200drachmae which was due to her, in consideration of having received from Papontos the 200 drachmae with interest.[2]
The measurements of the fragment are 376 by 200 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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