Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment (Letter from Husband to Wife)
Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment (Letter from Husband to Wife)
Place of OriginEgypt
Datelate 3rd century CE
Dimensionsmaximum: 9 1/16 × 2 3/16 in. (23 × 5.6 cm)
MediumIndia ink on papyrus
ClassificationManuscripts
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1915.32
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DescriptionThis papyrus, written in Greek, contains a fragment of a letter to a wife.
Published ReferencesHunt, Arthur S., The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, London, 1911, vol. VIII, pp. 262-263, no. 1159.
late 2nd century CE
late 3rd century CE
2nd or 3rd century
2nd century
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