Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment (Corn Receipt)

Place of OriginEgypt

Date5th century CE

Dimensionsmaximum: 2 15/16 × 5 9/16 in. (7.5 × 14.1 cm)

MediumIndia ink on papyrus

ClassificationManuscripts

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1915.48

Not on View

DescriptionThis papyrus, written in Greek, is a receipt for 15 1/2 artabae of corn.

Published References

Grenfell, Bernard P. and Arthur S. Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, London, 1914, vol. X, pp. 261, no. 1332.

562-563

5th century CE

4th century

2nd century

late 2nd century CE

6th century

late 3rd century CE

2nd century

late 1st or early 2nd century CE

late 3rd century CE

280 CE

3rd century

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