Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 152

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 152 (P. Oxy. 152 or P. Oxy. I 152) 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 1 March 618. Currently it is housed in the Egyptian Museum (10048) in Cairo.[1]

Description

The document is a receipt showing that Georgius, a secretary, had paid 10 and 5/8 carats to two men employed at the hippodrome on the side of the Blues (Βενέτων). [2] The measurements of the fragment are 84 by 345 mm.[3]

It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.[3]

gollark: Why not not not not not not not not not `(my_thing x y z)`?
gollark: Why not not not not not not not `(x, y, z)my_thing`?
gollark: Why not not not not not `my_thing(x)(y)(z)`?
gollark: Why not not not `my_thing x, y, z`?
gollark: Why not `my_thing(x y z)`?

See also

References
  1. P. Oxy. 152 at the Oxyrhynchus Online
  2. The "Blues" were one of the two racing factions (the other being the "Greens" (Πρασίνων)) which prevailed in the major provincial towns as well as in Rome. Compare P. Oxy. I 145.
  3. Grenfell, B. P.; Hunt, A. S. (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. pp. 233–4.

 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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