OPES – Oslo Papyri Electronic System

Background and Physical Properties

Material:

Papyrus

Connections:

–

Size:

12.9 x 11.2 cm.

Lines:

11

Publication side:

Verso (Recto: P.Oslo III 126)

Palaeographic description:

One hand. Roman period cursive.

State of preservation:

Medium to light brown papyrus. Uneven surface with vertical breaks and holes. Vertical kollesis at ca. 1,5 from the left edge. Only line-ends are visible and one short sum-up line. Joining tape strips also visible.

Content

Date:

Late IInd/ early IIIrd century CE

Origin:

Unknown place, Egypt

Language:

Greek

Genre:

Documentary

Author:

–

Title / Type of text:

Wheat account/ Document

Content:

Fragment of a wheat account. Only line-ends are preserved and a summing up line.

Subjects:

Account Wheat

Named people:

–

Named places:

–

English translation:

–

Provenance:

Unknown place, province of Egypt

Acquisition:

Purchased by Samson Eitrem

Acquisition year:

1920

Editions

• Eitrem, S.-Amundsen, L., P.Oslo III, 1936, 269-270 (no. 193)

Further Literature

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