Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 264 (P. Oxy. 264 or P. Oxy. II 264) is a fragment of a sale of a loom, in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It is dated to 8 August 54. It is housed in the Cambridge University Library (Add. Ms. 4054) in Cambridge. [1]
The document was written by Ammonius. It is a contract for the sale of a loom to Tryphon, son of Dionysius, by Ammonius. The agreement is followed by the signature of the vendor, and a docket of the bank of Sarapion through which the purchase money, 20 drachmae of silver, was paid. [2]
The measurements of the fragment are 250 by 111 mm. [2]
It was discovered by Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Surridge Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1899. [2]
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 56 is a letter requesting the appointment of a guardian, 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 on 28 October 203. It is housed in the Cambridge University Library. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 210 is an early Christian fragment, written in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a codex. It is dated to the third century. Currently it is housed in the Cambridge University Library (4048) in Cambridge.
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 212 consists of three fragments of a comedy of Aristophanes, written in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a roll. It is dated to the first or second century. Currently it is housed in the British Library in London.
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 217 is a letter to a king of Macedon by an unknown author, written in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a roll. It is dated to the third century AD. Currently it is housed in the Cambridge University Library (35) in Cambridge.
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 223 is a fragment of Homer's Iliad (E,329-705), written in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a roll. It is dated to the third century. Currently it is housed in the Bodleian Library in Oxford.
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 231 is a fragment of the De Corona by Demosthenes, written in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a roll. It is dated to the second or third century. Currently it is housed in the Cambridge University Library in Cambridge.
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 246 is a fragment of a registration of some sheep, written in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It is dated to 24 July 66. Currently it is housed in the Cambridge University Library in Cambridge.
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 248 is a fragment of a registration of some property, written in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It is dated to 10 October 80. Currently it is housed in the Cambridge University Library in Cambridge.
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 252 is a fragment of a notice of removal, in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It is dated to the year 19-20. Current location of fragment is unknown.
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 253 is a fragment of a notice of removal, in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It is dated to 25 July - 23 August 19. Currently it is housed in the Universitätsbibliothek Graz in Graz.
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 260 is a fragment of a Promise of Attendance in Court, in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It is dated to 3 July 59. Currently it is housed in the Trinity College in Dublin.
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 267 is a fragment of an Agreement of Marriage in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It is dated to 22 May 37. Currently it is housed in the Milton S. Eisenhower Library of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 275 is a fragment of a Contract of Apprenticeship, in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It is dated to 18 September 66. Currently it is housed in the British Library in London.
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 276 is a fragment of a Transport of Corn, in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It is dated to 5 September 77. Currently it is housed in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of the Yale University (38) in New Haven.
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 279 is a fragment of a Lease of Domain Land, in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It is dated between years 44-45. Currently it is housed in the Cambridge University Library in Cambridge.
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 280 is a fragment of a Lease of Land, in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It is dated between years 88–89. As of 2013 it is housed in the Cambridge University Library in Cambridge.
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 284 is a fragment of an Extortion by a Tax-Collector, in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It is dated to the year about 50. Currently it is housed in the Houghton Library of the Harvard University in Cambridge.
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 292 is a fragment of a Letter of Recommendation, in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It was written about 25. Currently it is housed in the Cambridge University Library in Cambridge.
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 297 is a fragment of a Letter concerning a Property Return, in Greek. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It was written at 23 July 54. Currently it is housed in the library of the Columbia University in New York City.
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 237 consists of a fragment of Petition of Dionysia to the Praefect, written in Greek. They were discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a roll. It was written after 27 June 186. Currently it is housed in the Bodleian Library.
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.