Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 249 (P. Oxy. 249 orP. Oxy. II 249) is a fragment of a registration of some property, written by an unknown author, inGreek. It was discovered inOxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written onpapyrus in the form of a sheet. It is dated to 10 October 80. Currently it is housed in theBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Inv. 37) of theYale University inNew Haven.[1]
The document is dated by the same year and the same day asP. Oxy. 248. The measurements of the fragment are 210 by 72 mm. The text is written in anuncial hand.[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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