Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment (Petition for Debt Recovery)

Place of OriginEgypt

DateRoman Period, late 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

Not on View

DescriptionThis papyrus, written in Greek, is a petition to an Archidicastes for the recovery of a debt.

Published References

Hunt, Arthur S., The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, London, 1911, vol. VIII, pp. 202-203, no. 1118.

2nd century

Roman Period, late 2nd century CE

6th century

Roman Period, late 3rd century CE

2nd century

Roman Period, late 3rd century CE

Roman Period, 280 CE

562-563

Roman Period, late 1st century CE

3rd century

Roman Period, 4th century CE

3rd century

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