Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 264 (P. Oxy. 264 orP. Oxy. II 264) is a fragment of a sale of aloom, inGreek. It was discovered inOxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written onpapyrus in the form of a sheet. It is dated to 8 August 54. It is housed in theCambridge University Library (Add. Ms. 4054) inCambridge.[1]
The document was written by Ammonius. It is a contract for the sale of a loom to Tryphon, son of Dionysius, by Ammonius. The agreement is followed by the signature of the vendor, and a docket of the bank of Sarapion through which the purchase money, 20drachmae of silver, was paid.[2]
The measurements of the fragment are 250 by 111 mm.[2]
It was discovered byBernard Grenfell andArthur Surridge Hunt 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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