Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 70

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 70 (P. Oxy. 70) is a petition, 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 212-213. Currently it is housed in the Bolton Art Gallery and Museum in Bolton. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.[1]

The letter was addressed to Aurelius Herapion, epistrategus, and concerns a debt owed to the author by Agathodaemon. It was written by Ptolemaeus, former agoranomus. The measurements of the fragment are 184 by 148 mm.[2]

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  1. ^ P. Oxy. 70 at the Oxyrhynchus Online
  2. ^ Grenfell, B. P.; A. S. Hunt (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. pp. 130–131. http://www.archive.org/stream/oxyrhynchuspapyr01grenuoft#page/130/mode/2up. 

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainGrenfell, B. P.; A. S. Hunt (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. http://www.archive.org/details/oxyrhynchuspapyr01grenuoft.