Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 240
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 240 (P. Oxy. 240 or P. Oxy. II 240) is a declaration by a village scribe, written in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It is dated 11 February 37. Currently it is housed at the British Library in London.[1]
The manuscript contains a declaration by a village scribe denying that he has any knowledge of extortion by an unnamed soldier and his agents in the villages in which the scribe worked. The measurements of the fragment are 126 by 105 mm.[2]
It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1899.[2]
