Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment (Letter from Isidorus to his son)
Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment (Letter from Isidorus to his son)
Place of OriginEgypt
Date4th century CE
Dimensionsmaximum: 2 11/16 × 10 1/8 in. (6.8 × 25.7 cm)
MediumIndia ink on papyrus
ClassificationManuscripts
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1915.27
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DescriptionThis papyrus, written in Greek, contains a letter from Isidorus to his son, Demetrius, asking for a colt and some medicines to treat it.
Published ReferencesHunt, Arthur S., The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, London, 1912, vol. IX, pp. 265-266, no. 1222.
late 2nd century CE
late 3rd century CE
late 3rd century CE
2nd or 3rd century
2nd century
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