Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment (Order to Vegetables Sellers)

Place of OriginEgypt

Date4th century

Dimensionsmaximum: 10 13/16 × 2 1/4 in. (27.5 × 5.7 cm)

MediumIndia ink on papyrus

ClassificationManuscripts

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1915.34

Not on View

DescriptionThis papyrus, written in Greek on both sides, contains an order from Logistes to the vegetable sellers.

Published References

Hunt, Arthur S., The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, London, 1911, vol. VIII, pp. 238-239, no. 1139.

280 CE

late 2nd century CE

6th century

3rd century

2nd or 3rd century

late 2nd century CE

2nd century

late 3rd century CE

2nd century

late 3rd century CE

562-563

3rd century

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