Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 57

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 57 (P. Oxy. 57) is a letter relating to a peculation by a treasury official, written in Greek. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The document was written between 195-196 CE. It is housed at Johns Hopkins University. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.[1]

The letter was addressed to Apion, ex-strategus of the Antaeopolite nome, with request for the payment of a sum of money left unpaid by one of Apion's former subordinates. It was written by Aurelius Apolinarius, a strategus of the Oxyrhynchus nome. The measurements of the fragment are 270 by 91 mm.[2]

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  1. ↑ P. Oxy. 57 at the Oxyrhynchus Online
  2. ↑ Grenfell, B. P.; Hunt, A. S. (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. pp. 115–116.

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

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