Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 259

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 259 (P. Oxy. 259 or P. Oxy. II 259) is a fragment of Bail for a Prisoner, in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It was written after 17 May 23. Currently it is housed in the University of Pennsylvania (University Museum, E 2798) in Philadelphia.^[1]

The document was written by Theon to the governor of a public prison.^[2] The measurements of the fragment are 360 by 178 mm. The text is written in an uncial hand.^[2]

It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1899.^[2]

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

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