Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 74 (P. Oxy. 74) is a registration of property (ἀπογραφή) like
P. Oxy. 72 and
P. Oxy. 73. It is concerned with the registration of sheep and goats, and is 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 on 28 January 116. Currently it is housed in the library of the
Hamilton College in
Clinton
Clinton is an English toponymic surname, indicating one's ancestors came from English places called Glympton or Glinton.Hanks, P. & Hodges, F. ''A Dictionary of Surnames''. Oxford University Press, 1988 Clinton has frequently been used as a given ...
. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.
[P. Oxy. 74]
at the Oxyrhynchus Online
The letter was addressed to the ''
strategus.'' It was written by Sarapion, son of Herodes. The letter gives the present number of sheep and goats Sarapion owns compared with the number for the previous year. The measurements of the fragment are 206 by 52 mm.
See also
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Oxyrhynchus Papyri
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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 73
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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 75
References
2nd-century manuscripts
074
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