Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment (Letter from Anubion to Antas)

Place of OriginEgypt

Date3rd century

Dimensionsmaximum: 4 1/2 × 3 3/8 in. (11.4 × 8.6 cm)

MediumIndia ink on papyrus

ClassificationManuscripts

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1915.29

Not on View

DescriptionThis papyrus, written in Greek on both sides, contains a letter from Anubion to Aritas concerning the purchase of some fodder.

Published References

Hunt, Arthur S., The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, London, 1911, vol. VIII, pp. 258 -259, no. 1156.

4th century CE

6th century

2nd or 3rd century

late 2nd century CE

late 3rd century CE

late 3rd century CE

3rd century

2nd or 3rd century

3rd century

2nd century

3rd century

3rd century CE

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