Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment (Letter from Helene to her Brother)

Place of OriginEgypt

Date3rd century

Dimensionsmaximum: 8 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (22.2 × 7 cm)

MediumIndia ink on papyrus

ClassificationManuscripts

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1915.26

Not on View

DescriptionThis papyrus, written in Greek, contains a letter from Helene to her brother Petechon.

Published References

Hunt, Arthur S., The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, London, 1910, vol. VII, pp. 221-222, no. 1067.

3rd century

2nd or 3rd century

6th century

Roman Period, late 3rd century CE

Roman Period, 4th century CE

3rd century

3rd century

Roman Period, late 2nd century CE

Roman Period, late 3rd century CE

2nd or 3rd century

2nd century

Roman Period, 3rd century CE

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