Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 90 (P. Oxy. 90) is a receipt for the payment of wheat, written in
Greek. The manuscript was written on
papyrus
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in the form of a sheet. It was discovered in the Egyptian city of
Oxyrhynchus
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. The document was written between 179-180. Currently it is housed in the
British Museum
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(761) in
London
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.
[P. Oxy. 90]
at the Oxyrhynchus Online It is known also as P. Lond. 3 p. XXXII no. 761.
[P. Oxy. 1 90]
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Description
The fragment contains a receipt, and is similar to
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 89. It was written by an unknown author. It states "that Clarus, ex-''
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 ...
,'' had deposited 8 ''artabae'' 4 ''
choenices'' in the public granary". According to
Grenfell and
Hunt
Hunting is the human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, or killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to harvest food (i.e. meat) and useful animal products (fur/ hide, bone/tusks, horn/antler, et ...
, the last two lines are "written in Greek characters, but cannot be construed as Greek. Since they do not appear to be Graecized
demotic, they are possibly a
cryptogram of some kind." The measurements of the fragment are 103 by 80 mm.
It was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.
[ The fragment was examined by ]Frederic G. Kenyon
Sir Frederic George Kenyon (15 January 1863 – 23 August 1952) was a British palaeographer and biblical and classical scholar. He held a series of posts at the British Museum from 1889 to 1931. He was also the president of the British Academy fr ...
(1907).[
]
Text
See also
* Oxyrhynchus Papyri
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri are a group of manuscripts discovered during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by papyrologists Bernard Pyne Grenfell and Arthur Surridge Hunt at an ancient rubbish dump near Oxyrhynchus in Egypt (, mo ...
* Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 91 Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 91 (P. Oxy. 91) is a receipt for wages for wet nursing, written in Greek. The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. It was discovered in Oxyrhynchus. The document was written on 13 October 187. Currently it i ...
References
External links
P.Oxy.1.90 = HGV P.Oxy. 1 90 = Trismegistos 20749
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2nd-century manuscripts
Ancient Egyptian objects in the British Museum
Papyri from ancient Egypt
Minya Governorate
090
Undeciphered historical codes and ciphers
Wheat