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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 152

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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]

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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]

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References

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  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. ^ a b Grenfell, B. P.; Hunt, A. S. (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. pp. 233–4.

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.