Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment (Petition for Debt Recovery)
Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment (Petition for Debt Recovery)
Place of OriginEgypt
Datelate 1st or early 2nd century CE
Dimensionsmaximum: 4 5/8 × 4 1/2 in. (11.7 × 11.4 cm)
MediumIndia ink on papyrus
ClassificationManuscripts
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1915.49
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DescriptionThis papyrus, written in Greek, is a petition to an Archidicastes for the recovery of a debt.
Published ReferencesHunt, Arthur S., The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, London, 1911, vol. VIII, pp. 202-203, no. 1118.
late 2nd century CE
late 3rd century CE
late 3rd century CE
2nd or 3rd century
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