Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 658

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 658 (P. Oxy. 658 or P. Oxy. IV 658) is one of four examples of libelli found at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt. The last lines of the manuscript declare the date — the first year of the emperor Decius, whose full name was Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius.

Text

• Original lines are retained (and numbered).
• Text in [brackets] is reconstructed to fill a gap (lacuna) in the papyrus.
• Full stops in brackets represent character spaces that cannot be reconstructed.
• Text in (parentheses) is full spelling of an abbreviation.
• Letters with _subscript dots are incomplete or indistinct.

See also

• Lapsi (Christian)
• Oxyrhynchus papyri
• Other libelli: POxy 1464, POxy 2990, POxy 3929
• Warrant to arrest a Christian: POxy 3035
• Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 657

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