Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 282
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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 282 (P. Oxy. 282 or P. Oxy. II 282) is a fragment of a complaint against a wife, in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript, written on papyrus in the form of a sheet, is dated between 26 January 29 – 22 May 37. It is housed in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (P. CtYBR 40) of the Yale University in New Haven.[1][2]
The measurements of the fragment are 175 by 97 mm. The document is mutilated.[3]
The document was written by Tryphon, son of Dionysius, and was addressed to the strategus.[1][3]
This papyrus was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1899.[3]The fragment is used by palaeographers and papyrologists for dating ancient documents, which do not have dates added by their scribes. Young Kyu Kim used it to date biblical manuscript Papyrus 46 to the end of the 1st century.[4]
