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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 93 (P. Oxy. 93) is an order for payment, written in Greek. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The document was written on 16 January 362. Currently it is housed in the British Museum (762) in London. [1]

Description

The letter was written by Eutrygius addressed to Dioscorus, his assistant. It is an order to pay two artabae of wheat to Gorgonius the " hydraulic-organ player" (ὑ(*)δραύλῃ). The measurements of the fragment are 58 by 158 mm. [2]

It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898. [2] The fragment was examined by Karl Wessely (Stud. Pal. 8 1154, 1908). [3]

Text

π(αρὰ) Εὐτρυγίου Διοσκόρῳ βοηθῷ χαί(ρειν)·
δὸς Γοργονίῳ ὑ(*)δραύλῃ ἐκ διαταγῆς σίτου
(ἀρτάβας) δύο
(ἔτους) λη (ἔτους) // ζ (ἔτους) // Τῦβι // κα ( ), κα, σεσημείωμαι·

See also

References

  1. ^ P. Oxy. 93 at the Oxyrhynchus Online
  2. ^ a b Grenfell, B. P.; Hunt, A. S. (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. p. 155.
  3. ^ P. Oxy. 1 93 LDAB

External links

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