Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment (Land Payment Receipt)

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Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment (Land Payment Receipt)

Place of OriginEgypt, excavated at Al-Bahnasa (ancient Oxyrhynchus)

Date562-563

Dimensionsmaximum: 4 3/4 × 12 3/16 in. (12.1 × 31 cm)

MediumIndia ink on papyrus

ClassificationManuscripts

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1915.22

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DescriptionThe papyrus, written in Greek, contains a receipt for payment of 20 1/4 carats due upon some land.

Published References

Hunt, Arthur S., The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, London, 1911. vol. VIII, pp. 236-237, no. 1137.

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