Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment (Corn Receipt)

Place of OriginEgypt, excavated at Al-Bahnasa (ancient Oxyrhynchus)

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

Roman Period, 280 CE

5th century CE

4th century

Roman Period, 3rd century CE

Roman Period, 3rd century CE

2nd century

Roman Period, late 2nd century CE

6th century

Roman Period, late 3rd century CE

2nd century

Roman Period, late 1st or early 2nd century CE

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