Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 50 (P. Oxy. 50) is a receipt concerning the emancipation of a slave of a banker, written in
Greek. The manuscript was written on
papyrus in the form of a sheet. It was discovered by
Grenfell and
Hunt in 1897 in
Oxyrhynchus
Oxyrhynchus (; grc-gre, Ὀξύρρυγχος, Oxýrrhynchos, sharp-nosed; ancient Egyptian ''Pr-Medjed''; cop, or , ''Pemdje''; ar, البهنسا, ''Al-Bahnasa'') is a city in Middle Egypt located about 160 km south-southwest of Cairo ...
. The document was written before the year 99. It is housed in the library of
Trinity College (Pap. RF 1) in
Dublin. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.
[P. Oxy. 50]
at the Oxyrhynchus Online
The measurements of the fragment are 65 by 91 mm. It is a receipt from the bank of Theon, sent to the ''
agoranomus An agoranomos ( el, ἀγορανόμος, plural: ''agoranomoi'', ἀγορανόμοι) was an elected official in the cities of Ancient Greece and Byzantine Empire, responsible for order in the marketplace (''agora'', hence the name, translated a ...
'' of Oxyrhynchus, requesting the freedom of a slave, for whom 10
drachmae of silver and 2
talents, 6,000 drachmae of copper had been paid. The papyrus was written by the same hand as
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 49 Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 49 (P. Oxy. 49) is a letter concerning the emancipation of a slave, written in Greek. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The document w ...
and probably refers to the same transaction. It was written either three months earlier or ninth months later than P. Oxy. 49.
See also
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Oxyrhynchus Papyri
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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 49 Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 49 (P. Oxy. 49) is a letter concerning the emancipation of a slave, written in Greek. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The document w ...
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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 51 Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 51 (P. Oxy. 51) is a report by a public physician, written in Greek. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The document was written on 31 Au ...
References
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1st-century manuscripts