Summary
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 146 (P. Oxy. 146 or P. Oxy. I 146) 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 15 November 555. Currently it is housed in the Egyptian Museum (10076) in Cairo.[1]
Description edit
This and the two subsequent papyri (P. Oxy. 147 and 148) are receipts for payments made by the monks of the monastery of Andreas. This one records a payment to Serenus, a stableman, for carrying hay and chaff from the barn belonging to the landlord to the stable of the monastery. The measurements of the fragment are 80 by 298 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 edit
References edit
- ^ P. Oxy. 146 at the Oxyrhynchus Online
- ^ a b Grenfell, B. P.; Hunt, A. S. (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. pp. 230–1.
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.