Summary
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 110 (P. Oxy. 110 or P. Oxy. I 110) is an invitation to dinner, written in Greek and discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. The document was written in the 2nd century. Currently it is housed at Eton College in Eton, Berkshire.[1]
Description edit
The document is a formal invitation from Chaeremon to an unnamed person to a dinner at the serapeum. The measurements of the fragment are 44 by 63 mm.[2]
It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.[2]
Text edit
Ἐρωτᾷ
Erōtâi
σε
se
Χαιρήμων
Khairḗmōn
δειπνῆσαι
deipnêsai
εἰς
eis
κλείνην
kleínēn
τοῦ
toû
κυρίου
kuríou
Σαράπιδος
Sarápidos
ἐν
en
τῷ
tôi
Σαραπείῳ
Sarapeíōi
αὔριον,
aúrion,
ἥτις
hḗtis
ἐστὶν
estìn
ιε,
ie,
ἀπὸ
apò
ὥρας
hṓras
θ.
th.
Chaeremon requests your company at dinner at the table of the lord Sarapis in the serapeum tomorrow, the 15th, at 9 o'clock.[2]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ P. Oxy. 110 at the Oxyrhynchus Online
- ^ a b c Grenfell, B. P.; Hunt, A. S. (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. p. 177.
- ^ "P.oxy.1.110 = HGV P.Oxy. 1 110 = Trismegistos 28404 = CHR.wilck.99".
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.