Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 59 (P. Oxy. 59) is a letter announcing the appointment of a delegate to thepraefect's court inAlexandria, written inGreek. The manuscript was written onpapyrus in the form of a sheet. It was discovered byGrenfell andHunt in 1897 inOxyrhynchus. The document was written on 11 February 292. Currently it is housed in theBritish Library (753). The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.^[1]

The letter was addressed to thestrategus of Oxyrhynchus. It was written by Aurelius Apollo, the president of the council of Oxyrhynchus, on the council's behalf. The measurements of the fragment are 227 by 154 mm.^[2]

• Oxyrhynchus Papyri
• Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 58
• Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 60

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: B. P. Grenfell; A. S. Hunt (1898).Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund.

• Oxyrhynchus papyri vol. I
• 3rd-century manuscripts
• Manuscripts in the British Library

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