Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 62 (P. Oxy. 62) is a letter from acenturion, 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 6 January 222. Currently it is housed in theBodleian Library (Ms. Gr. Class. d 61) inOxford. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.[1]
The letter was addressed to Syrus, actingstrategus of Oxyrhynchus, by a centurion of unknown name. It concerns a shipment of wheat. Therecto side of the papyrus contains a description of a judicial process, but it is too mutilated to read. The measurements of the fragment are 260 by 72 mm.[2]
The verso side was written after 246 CE.[3]
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.