Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment (Letter)

Place of OriginEgypt

DateRoman Period, late 3rd century CE

Dimensionsmaximum: 2 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (5.7 × 6 cm)

MediumIndia ink on papyrus

ClassificationManuscripts

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1915.50

Not on View

DescriptionThis papyrus, written in Greek, contains the beginning of a letter.

Published References

Glenfell, Bernard P. and Arthur S. Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, London, 1914, vol. X, p. 263, no. 1348.

6th century

Roman Period, late 3rd century CE

3rd century

Roman Period, 4th century CE

3rd century

2nd or 3rd century

3rd century

2nd century

2nd or 3rd century

3rd century

Roman Period, late 2nd century CE

Roman Period, 3rd century CE

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