OPES – Oslo Papyri Electronic System

Background and Physical Properties

Material:

Papyrus

Connections:

–

Size:

17 x 3.3 cm.

Lines:

17

Publication side:

Recto (Verso: P.Oslo III 146)

Palaeographic description:

–

State of preservation:

–

Content

Date:

Between 286 and 293 CE

Origin:

Unknown place, province of Egypt

Language:

Greek

Genre:

Documentary

Author:

–

Title / Type of text:

Contract concerning lease of donkeys and performance of transportation duties by a substitute

Content:

–

Subjects:

Letter Account

Named people:

Dionysios

Named places:

–

English translation:

–

Provenance:

Unknown place, province of Egypt

Acquisition:

Purchased by Eitrem in Egypt 1920

Acquisition year:

–

Editions

• Eitrem S-Amudsen L, P.Oslo III, 1936, 135

Further Literature

Catalogues

TM 21556 / DDbDP / HGV / BL Online

Discussions

• Lewis, N. (1997). The compulsory public services of Roman Egypt [2nd ed.]. Edizioni Gonnelli.
  • On the service of onêlasia; see p. 38.
  • List over hires of substitutes; see p. 124.