Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 150

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 150 (P. Oxy. 150 or P. Oxy. I 150) is a receipt, written in Greek and discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. The document was written on 7 October 590. Currently it is housed in the Egyptian Museum (10051) in Cairo.[1]

Description

The document is a receipt showing that Phoebammon, a butler, had paid 3.5 jars of wine "to the 14 bucellarii of Heracleopolis and Koma who had come on account of the fight..."[2] The measurements of the fragment are 63 by 322 mm.[2]

It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ P. Oxy. 150 at the Oxyrhynchus Online
  2. ^ a b c Grenfell, B. P.; Hunt, A. S. (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. pp. 232–3.

Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: B. P. Grenfell; A. S. Hunt (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund.


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