Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 246 (P. Oxy. 246 or P. Oxy. II 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 (Add. Ms. 4052) in Cambridge. [1]
The text is written in a fine uncial hand. It is addressed to Papiscus, the strategus, Ptolemaeus, a royal scribe, and other unnamed scribes. The author, Harmiusis, states that seven additional lambs have been born to his sheep in addition to twelve previously registered. [2]
The document is signed in cursive by three officials: Apollonius, agent of Papiscus; Horion, agent of Ptolomaeus; and Zenon, agent of the other scribes. The measurements of the fragment are 343 by 80 mm. [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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