P.Oxy.VI 897 Declaration to Riparii, P.Oxy.VI 897

[Text Description:] A declaration on oath addressed to two police-officers, by four inhabitants of a village, denying knowledge of the whereabouts of a certain person. ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] P.Oxy.VI 897, P.Oxy. 897, Spurlock 1914.21.0004 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Excavated by archaeologists, including Bernard Pyne Grenfell and Arthur Surridge Hunt, at an ancient rubbish dump near Oxyrhynchus in Egypt (28°32'N 30°40'E, modern el-Bahnasa). ❧ [Medium:] Papyrus ❧ [Script Note:] Greek ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Papyrus manuscript, 16.5 x 12.6 cm.