Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment (Payment Receipt)
Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment (Payment Receipt)
Place of OriginEgypt
Date4th century
Dimensionsmaximum: 10 3/16 × 5 in. (25.9 × 12.7 cm)
MediumIndia ink on papyrus
ClassificationManuscripts
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1915.33
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DescriptionThis papyrus, written in Greek, contains an account of two payments to a Praepositus, and - at the other end - a calculation of days according to the Roman calendar.
Published ReferencesHunt, Arthur S., The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, London, 1910, vol. VII, pp. 199 - 200, no. 1047.
Sijpesteijn, P.J., "Some Remarks on Roman Dates in Greek Papyri," Zeitschrift fur Papyrologie und Epigraphik, Band 33, 1979, p. 237 ff.
5th century CE
5th century CE
late 2nd century CE
late 3rd century CE
late 3rd century CE
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