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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 298

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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 298 (P. Oxy. 298 or P. Oxy. II 298) is a fragment of a Letter of a Tax-Collector, in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus along with the other Oxyrhynchus Papyri. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It was written in the first century. Currently it is housed in the library of the Princeton University (Curator of Manuscripts, AM 4403) in Princeton (New Jersey).[1]

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The measurements of the fragment are 229 by 185 mm.[2]

The document was written by an unknown scribe.[1][2] It was published by Bernard Pyne Grenfell and Arthur Surridge Hunt in 1899.[1][2]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c P. Oxy. 298 at the Oxyrhynchus Online
  2. ^ a b c Grenfell, B. P.; Hunt, A. S. (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri II. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. pp. 298–300.

Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainB. P. Grenfell; A. S. Hunt (1899). Oxyrhynchus Papyri II. London: Egypt Exploration Fund.