Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 55 (P. Oxy. 55) is a request for payment for the construction of a street, 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 7 April 283. It is housed in theCambridge University Library (MSS Add.4033-4035). The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.^[1]

The letter is addressed to Aurelius Apollonius. It was written by twojoiners, Aurelius Menestheus and Aurelius Nemesianus. The measurements of the fragment are 230 by 158 mm.^[2]

• Oxyrhynchus Papyri
• Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 54
• Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 56

 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.

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