Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 276 (P. Oxy. 276 orP. Oxy. II 276) is a fragment of a Transport of Corn, inGreek. It was discovered inOxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written onpapyrus in the form of a sheet. It is dated to 5 September 77. Currently it is housed in theBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of theYale University (38) inNew Haven.[1]
The document was written by Ptollas. It is an acknowledgment of receipt addressed by three steermen on a cargo-boat, one of whom is a Jew, through a soldier of the second legion who was sailing on their boat, to the sitologi of a village. The receipt related to a cargo of corn which was being conveyed to Alexandria.[2]
The measurements of the fragment are 109 by 105 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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