Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment (Letter from Pausanias to his Father)

Place of OriginEgypt

Date3rd century CE

Dimensionsmaximum: 8 1/4 × 6 3/4 in. (21 × 17.1 cm)

MediumIndia ink on papyrus.

ClassificationManuscripts

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1915.20

Not on View

DescriptionThis paprus, written in Greek on one side, contains a letter to Pausanius in two columns.

Published References

Grenfell, Bernard P. and Arthur S.Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, London, 1908. vol. VI, pp. 303 - 305.

3rd century

late 2nd century CE

4th century CE

3rd century

3rd century

2nd or 3rd century

late 3rd century CE

3rd century

6th century

late 3rd century CE

2nd or 3rd century

2nd century

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